SteveCo

Had my first session removing a door plannel today. There were an assortment of thing to fix under the driver's door skin (new window guides, speaker did not work, broken plastic on the door panels, etc.). I noticed that only one small small section of the factory plastic sheeting between the door pannel and the door structure was in place...and that was very rough.

I can see the outline of a glue line on the outer edges of the door where the factory sheet was attched, but cannot see how far to extends to the front. Does anyone have a picture of the factory plastic shield...or even a pattern. I would like to make up some new stuff when I put the door back together.

Anyone been here before?

Regards,
SteveCo in St. John's

ErnestSw

'Ow's t'ings on The Rock b'y?

Nicole

Hi Steve:

I don't have a picture, but wanted to point out that a few 928 owners have replaced this plastic sheeting with sound deadening materials.

Maybe you can find a picture on the site of Greg Nicols (http://www.nichols.nu/tips.htm) under one of the prodedures listed _ don't know, but it might be worth a try.

Best of luck!

Jim V

Whatever you use, be sure it's waterproof on the door side, the basic function is to keep the "wet" inside the door from mildewing or warping the interior panels.

John Struthers

Glue line?
Are you talking about the exterior when refering to the rough finish?
If so it and the adhesive are noted in the WSM with part #'s. I think it's in the 50 section.

Ron_H

I know no one may believe this, but recently during the replacement of one of my window motors, I re-installed my plastic sheeting with what I could find in my immediate area: rubber cement. Same stuff we used in grade school. Worked well. Just brushed it on the plastic and then the door over the old adhesive; waited for it to dry; then tacked both of the pieces together. Actually waited only until it was tacky so I could re-position the plastic as necessary. Easy to get off of myself and other parts of the interior where it dripped.

I used rubber cement because it facilitates easy removal and re-positioning of the plastic sheeting if you ever need to re-enter that area. The old stuff seemed to be something like that; I could peel the plastic sheet away from the metal and then replace it without stretching or tearing it when I was finished working there. But ultimately the factory stick-em didn't have anymore stick-em, and 3M weatherstrip adhesive which I use on other upholstery items would be too permanent and necessitate tearing the plastic if it needed to be removed.

I used white heavy plastic sheet which is used to wrap vellum that I use in my plotter. Pretty good match for this purpose and responded well to rubber cement.

2V4V

Covers the entire door facing the passenger compartment. Cut-outs where appropriate for pass through items. If there's a hole where one could look through and see the door skin, then you want to cover that hole with plastic. The glue lines should provide a good guide.

Factory used a plastic that is a bit more like cellophane, a bit less like a good, heavy plastic drop-cloth. A thin-ish, relatively strong plasic sheet. No magic here. If you're doing a concours car, then I'm sure you can get the exact stuff.

A good quality plastic drop-cloth is a high quality, fully functional replacement. Cut to size obviously. Rubber cement is certainly adhesive, or you can use something else, just make sure that the adhesive is compatible with the plastic you are using.

HTH,

Greg

SteveCo

Ernest;
Things are good here (well, actually I'm in Ireland this week working). Weather's very nice for Newfoundland in the spring...flowers are up, grass is greening, temperature in the high 50s/lo 60s. Only spoiled by a foot of snow about a week ago! All gone now and time to get the car out of winter storage...plan to do that next weekend, which is about 2 weeks ahead of normal.

Just have a few small projects to finish before I can use her. I just finished installing new driver's door window guides (and thus the question on the rain sheilds) and installed 8" headlights.

Nicole/Ron/Greg and others;
Thanks for the info...pretty much confirmed what I had figured myself. I have some heavy guage polyethlene sheeting that will work or the rain shield. Rubber cement is exactly what I was looking for to attach it!

I'll see if I can post a copy of the templates that I use to make up the sheets. Others may find them useful in the future.

Regards,
SteveCo in St. John's