BlackShark

Seems all the screws I remove from the interior panels look to have been assembled with some kind of sealer or "lock screw" stuff. Appears white on the screw. Is something they did from the factory to keep fasteners from backing out? Should I put something on them when re-assembling?

2nd question, once the door panel is off there is normally a plastic cover, but in my case it seems previously they decided to go through this cover pretty much ruining it. What is a appropriate substitute? Would you just stick this back on with two sided tape, or something else?

T Colvin

I just took my off last week because he the guy at discount tires broke my inside door opener. However, I didn't see any white stuff on my screws. And for your second question, I just cut up a thick plastic trash bag and taped it on. It's cheap, but no one will see it.

michaelathome

As to your first question I didn't notice that when I pulled my door panels. To answer your second, my moisture barrier is messed up too. Some people use 3M spray adhesive to get the barrier to stay in it's place. When I get closer to being done with mine I was planning on replacing the barrier using some DynaMat instead. I guess you could do both if you really wanted to but I would rather clean it all up and just replace.

Interesting to hear the answer to #1

Michael

Mrmerlin

Hi it sounds like someone used some extra screw stick to keep the screws from loosening they will come loose every so often, as far as the moisture barrier goes , I guess a trash bag is a good deal but I used a clear shower curtain liner, .99 from the dollar store, make shure to add the little flaps that go into each of the cutouts these are so water will flow down the inside of the doorwhere the window is, instead of the between the door and the plastic liner , if it goes between the door and liner then it will wet the bottom of your door panel and start getting moldy and the fibre panel will start to disintergrate after getting wet.
To attach the plastic the factory used an adhesive that is like the yellow weather strip adhesive , I used the brushable type also yellow simply cut the plastic then cut the smaller door cutout pieces I used 3m clear packing tape to secure the inner flaps to the inside of the plastic barrier then brushed the adhesive onto the door waited 5 mins and then press the liner onto the door then install the door panel, I hope this helps, as a side note some kinds of plastics degrade over time , this may include trash bags but this may only happen if exposed to sunlight, Stan

AO

Stan-
What a great idea! Thanks for sharing. BTW, I love the color of your car! Very unique.

Mrmerlin

Hi , thanks Andrew. Stan
PS one of my brothers is named Andrew, I am the oldest of 8, 6 boys and 2 girls. Stan

BlackShark

Thanks for the ideas. Sounds like I need to get some plasitc and glue. Dynamat sounds good as well, just more expensive.

CWO4Mann

Thank you very much for the tips ... now I know why my door panels are green inside at the bottom! Man, there is so much good information and help here on this board! Wow!


Cheers!

vcompetello

When I found this stuff I instantly thought of this thread. It's called stip calk, it used to be called "dum dum." It's made by 3M. I think it'll work great as an adhesive for the moisture barrier. It stays tacky but sticky. I really want to give you guys a link but I don't want any trouble from the moderators over sponsors and crap like that... The only problem is it comes in like 60 1ft strips so you'll have to string a few together but I don't think that's a big deal. I'm sure if you google it you can find it. Let me know what you guys think.

Vinnie

SteveG

NYC? Where did you get it? I have aftermarket speakers (PO) and the mesh covers won't click on. I'm thinking dum dum will hold them w/o being a permanent adhesive, but I can't find it.

vcompetello

I found some at www.autotoys.com but I'm sure you can find it at many other places if you look online. Good luck with your speakers.

Vinnie