Door skins............

[steve dray]

Has any one had any experience with fibre glass door skins??? I see you can get them for anglias. Just wondering how you would go about fitting them to a steel door frame? I imagine they would have to be bonded on, but I wonder how long it would be before they start to crack, or er, fall off!!

[Pipster007]

Double sided sticky tape should do the job Sorry, not really helping am I

 

Off the top of my head, I'd say Gary at Retro would be one of the best peeps to ask

[steve dray]

Double sided sticky tape should do the job Sorry, not really helping am I :

 

 

(runs off to B & Q to buy tape !! )

[baz105e]

tiger seal should do the trick, why not go for full fiberglass doors from team deville steve, you know it makes sense

[stuartp]

i have often wondered if fibreglass doors are road legal

 

and even if they are, would they not afford you pretty much zero protection in an accident?

[Stu_B]

Yeah you'd want a full cage with door bars

 

There is definately some weight to be saved in Anglia doors though, they weigh a ton!

[stuartp]

Yeah you'd want a full cage with door bars

 

There is definately some weight to be saved in Anglia doors though, they weigh a ton!

 

so would they be legal to have on a road car?

 

i'm tempted to get at least one for my escort as the drivers door doesn't fit all that well

 

i'd want a cage with the door bars for sure!

[Andrade]

Yeah you'd want a full cage with door bars

 

There is definately some weight to be saved in Anglia doors though, they weigh a ton!

 

tell me about it then you wonder why anglia doors dotn shut that well

[GT_lenny]

reliants have fibreglass doors? and theyre road legal?

[GT_lenny]

and TVR's

[steve dray]

Did have a set of fibre glass doors but decided against it, as has been said they don't close that well at the best of times and I could imagine them cracking quite quickly. Then I saw the fibre glass skins available from Team Deville and thats got me thinkin!! The steel frame would give it some strenth with some sort of door bar welded to the frame, then the fibre glass skin plus some trimming of the frame will reduce the weight of the doors plus get rid of the tin worm in mine . As said though I am wondering what the best way would be to bond them to the frame without them falling off!!

[Fiesta Steve]

I think any good sealent adhesive all the way round would be more than enough for them to stay on.

[w p e]

why not drill 1/8th holes counter sink the holes then rivet the skin on

or use sikey flex. or just fit glass doos like i have and they fit better then the real thing

[tina2]

Mate of mine was considering f/glass doorskins for his Sunbeam . Local MOT tester could see no problem with legality.