Inner door skin repair?

[Docsmitty]

While swapping out door cards I noticed that the support post that the door card hangs on was damaged. It looks like metal fatigue - likely from a combination of the PO mounting speakers too deep for the door card to fit flush and improperly seated arm rest pivot. I’m guessing repeated pulls broke this section.

I’m not a welder and don’t really have any interest in learning. Is there some other way to approach fixing this? Should I just bend the support back where it belongs (it’s sitting 1/4” low) and slap some jbweld on the cracks?

 

[blkaplan]

For something like this, drilling the ends and JB welding is probably adequate.

 

[2manyturbos]

Just drive the car over to a shop that has a welder. That's about a 1/2 hour job worst case.

 

[Jack]

For something like this, drilling the ends and JB welding is probably adequate.

That will fuck up almost right away

Welding is the only way

Or just leave it

 

[Jack]

Op they all have it, the door flexes there when you roll window up and down

 

[Docsmitty]

Just drive the car over to a shop that has a welder. That's about a 1/2 hour job worst case.

Wait, the car is supposed to be drivable… knew I was doing something wrong.

Ok I’ll look around at local shops and/or just ignore it.

 

[2manyturbos]

Wait, the car is supposed to be drivable… knew I was doing something wrong.

Ok I’ll look around at local shops and/or just ignore it.

Think outside the box. The welders at exhaust shops are great at in position welds. It would take one of those guys 10 minutes to weld up those cracks on a bad day. As Jack said, those cracks are common. I have never seen them cause a problem.

 

[blkaplan]

That will fuck up almost right away

Welding is the only way

Or just leave it

Ye have little faith in JB




If you do go to have it welded. take the window and window scraper off first.

 

[Docsmitty]

Yeah I was thinking about the window too, good call on the scraper

 

[Benjam83]

Mine was like that after having the stock speakers all its life...

 

[Jack]

Yeah I was thinking about the window too, good call on the scraper

Good shop will protect the glass. Buddy up to a friend with a Hobart140 or just get one yourself and do it

 

[threewagons]

welding it will just work harden the area and it'll crack next to the weld eventually. could be tomorrow, could be 5 years from now

 

[2turbotoys]

Make sure the pillar at the rear of the window isn't cracked or starting to crack. My drivers door has a pretty good crack there as well as the cracks in the inner panel.
Welding is the only way to go to fix this. My retired neighbor was a body guy most of his life, that is what he said to do as well. He won't weld mine until I remove the glass, but I'm hoping I can change his mind since I have a lot of kevlar and leather sheeting.
And try not to shut the door from the top of the window, use the edge of the door to push on.

 

[2manyturbos]

welding it will just work harden the area and it'll crack next to the weld eventually. could be tomorrow, could be 5 years from now

If that was true we couldn't have any products that are welded together.

 

[white855T]

welding it will just work harden the area and it'll crack next to the weld eventually. could be tomorrow, could be 5 years from now

I've welded the cracks, and they have lasted more than 5 years.

 

[302ftw?]

@Docsmitty I welded my doors, can weld em up for you. Lmk

 

[Docsmitty]

@Docsmitty I welded my doors, can weld em up for you. Lmk

sold. Haha

 

[OttoB]

I welded 90 deg angled piece of sheet metal there. That made door much more rigid.

If welding is not option, good 2k body glue and a few pop-rivets is high end ghetto fix.