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[sonikk4]

Neil the door skin king!

 

I hate doing door skins, always have!

 

so is this nearly finished then?

 

Also, are you taking Paddy to IMM?

 

Ben

 

Hi Ben, yep think i have got the hang of door skinning and repairs now, done a fistful of the buggers now. And no not nearly finished. Once the door is done i'm hanging it to make sure my fabricated door steps will do the business , then it will be onto the flitch repair followed by the jacking point and outer sill. THEN once those bits are done and dusted i will fit the scuttle etc and then the front end.

 

Yep Paddy will be at IMM

[Ben_O]

Look forward to seeing you and paddy at IMM then!

[sonikk4]

We will be there on the Forum stand / camping area so yup see there..

[Marco1972]

Door time, started with this,

and ended with this

A bit crusty in places and quite a bit of filler so the edges needed to be changed



And after some grinding and polishing, sealing and a splash of paint we get this

 
Then it was on with the skin after checking the measurements are the same


 
Early doors today as my brother in law is coming down from jock land so the final bit of welding will be done probably next week if i have time before IMM.

Nice work as usual mate

Did you make that bottom repair piece yourself ?
Also where you have fitted the skin and the areas where the paint has come off are those plug welds / tacks

Very envious of your door skinning skills mate I have another one to fit on the lads car this weekend last one had a few ripples around the edges and required some filler work hoping for a better job this time

Edited by Marco1972, 23 July 2014 - 07:04 PM.

[sonikk4]

Door time, started with this,
and ended with this
A bit crusty in places and quite a bit of filler so the edges needed to be changed
And after some grinding and polishing, sealing and a splash of paint we get this
 
Then it was on with the skin after checking the measurements are the same
 
Early doors today as my brother in law is coming down from jock land so the final bit of welding will be done probably next week if i have time before IMM.

Nice work as usual mate
Did you make that bottom repair piece yourself ?
Also where you have fitted the skin and the areas where the paint has come off are those plug welds / tacks
Very envious of your door skinning skills mate I have another one to fit on the lads car this weekend last one had a few ripples around the edges and required some filler work hoping for a better job this time

Hi Marco, yes they are plug welds and no the bottom repair section was cut off a proper repair section.

[Marco1972]

Ahh I see

Just out of curiosity do you drill a hole in the door skin flange and plug from the back or from the front of the skin and grind down/ polish up after ?

Cheers mate

[Ben_O]

In the Vauxhall main dealer body shop i worked for we put decent tack welds round the inside of the skin flange to the frame and then ground them flat

[Marco1972]

That's how we did the other skin a few tacks around the inside of the skin after it was fitted just plugged and seamed the top

Not my most favourite job in the world door skins !!

[Ben_O]

When i first started my panel beating training, i was rubbish at skins. Just couldn't do it well. Always ended up rippling the skin, especially along the bottom.

 

Once i had got more practice and spent more time with the hammer and dolly learning the proper techniques, it became easier and by the end of my apprenticeship i was just as good as the long term beaters and could replace a skin the proper way with no ripples or imperfections at all in just under 1.5 hours.

 

It's all about the practice.

 

There is no way a diy enthusiast will ever need to skin enough doors to get the practice though. Unless you are a natural!

[sonikk4]

Ahh I see
Just out of curiosity do you drill a hole in the door skin flange and plug from the back or from the front of the skin and grind down/ polish up after ?
Cheers mate

Drilled through the skin to plug weld to the flange and polished up.

[sonikk4]

L/H door time, so the reskin is finished and it fits in the hole

 

There is a gap as expected so out with the filler rod

 It did need two layers of rod and we ended up with this

[Marco1972]

Looks great mate . Wish I could get them as good as that
Bit of door envy going on

Had a right mare with ours and the replacement hinges from mini spares made it even worse !!!
Ended up fitting the original ones back on and now it fits better

Be glad when it's finished my love for minis is diminishing

[sonikk4]

New doorstep is now fitted and looks spot on. So much better than Magnum and will now change the other side i fitted previously.

 

Then it was onto the flitch rust, the replacement flitch from Magnum was pretty poor so i have chopped out the sections i need rather than fitting the complete panel.

So A post section first

and new section welded in place.

 

Now this is the old section i removed and you can see the rust behind it but fortunately no real damage to the A post stiffener.

 

The remaining sections of the flitch will be replaced tomorrow.

[JonnyAlpha]

Sonikk4;

 

I noticed in one of the pictures above you have spot / plug weld holes drilled in the doorstep, I take it this is for fitting the Sill? 

I am about to fit the Sills and was going to drill holes in the Sill rather than the Door Step but thought how difficult it would be welding and grinding upside down, so I am glad I spotted this Drill the door step and welding from above will be a lot easier.

[sonikk4]

Sonikk4;

 

I noticed in one of the pictures above you have spot / plug weld holes drilled in the doorstep, I take it this is for fitting the Sill? 

I am about to fit the Sills and was going to drill holes in the Sill rather than the Door Step but thought how difficult it would be welding and grinding upside down, so I am glad I spotted this Drill the door step and welding from above will be a lot easier.

 

I have the option with the spit to weld upside down but its so easy to do it this way. Where the sill attaches to the lower quarter i will weld it from underneath.