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Posted by: 914rrr Mar 20 2023, 06:13 AM

As our teeners age, along with the absence of paint or sealant from the factory in the inner lower door area, it seems like "rust free" doors are getting harder to find and repairing what you have possibly becoming the norm.

I currently have 3 pairs of doors between my 2.0 resto project, a donor car and a spare pair I received with the project. Between the 3 sets, I still may not have enough clean metal on the bottom edge inside and outside to make 1 full pair and will be patching like crazy to piece a pair together.

Forgive me if I missed it, but I did a quick search as far back as 2014 and didn't see a thread / threads that addresses full or lower steel door skin replacement, current vendor sources, best practices, tips, tricks, etc. Any assistance would be appreciated.

Posted by: mepstein Mar 20 2023, 06:35 AM

There are no aftermarket sources. Most people just make patch panels and weld up as needed.

Posted by: mb911 Mar 20 2023, 04:09 PM

If you look up my restoration thread you will see the skins I made and did.

Posted by: 914rrr Mar 20 2023, 05:01 PM

Was it this thread?

http://www.914world.com/bbs2/index.php?showtopic=279165&hl=

Posted by: mb911 Mar 20 2023, 05:32 PM

Yup

Posted by: 914rrr Mar 21 2023, 01:05 PM

Could you elaborate on how the bottom edges of the door skins were fabricated? I'm assuming you used a sheet metal brake? Did you end up with a factory style bottom edge with 2 thicknesses of sheet metal?