door card tabs
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door card tabs
I put the recovered drivers door card on today and i am having troubles.
It is just barely touching the plastic sill insert and catching as i open the door.
i recvered the bottom with vinyl so it is not any fatter than the carpet.
My question is.... i got the black "riivets", tabs or whatever they are called off ebay. they are the black ones. I have also seen the white ones. stock was white.
the black seem to pull our far too easy, and i am having trouble heeling the door card attached to the metal door.
are the white ones larger?
It is just barely touching the plastic sill insert and catching as i open the door.
i recvered the bottom with vinyl so it is not any fatter than the carpet.
My question is.... i got the black "riivets", tabs or whatever they are called off ebay. they are the black ones. I have also seen the white ones. stock was white.
the black seem to pull our far too easy, and i am having trouble heeling the door card attached to the metal door.
are the white ones larger?
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Both are the same diameter. The white ones are 1MM longer than the black and have a standoff which allows the panel to be farther away from the door.
If they are pulling out too easy, it may be the hole in the door is larger than it should be.
If the panel is catching on the sill as the door is opened, it could be a result of the holes being too big which would allow the panel to hang lower on the door, or the door itself is lower which could be a hinge problem.
The above picture is one of my new ABS door panel available here
If they are pulling out too easy, it may be the hole in the door is larger than it should be.
If the panel is catching on the sill as the door is opened, it could be a result of the holes being too big which would allow the panel to hang lower on the door, or the door itself is lower which could be a hinge problem.
The above picture is one of my new ABS door panel available here
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When I did my doors not too long ago, I found that the bottom of the door panel was a bit water damaged and swollen. This swelling condition made the plastic map pocket push against the door and made the panel push out and away from the door. When it was all put together after fiberglassing, the protruding plastic pocket persisted to push the panel a few millimeters out from door, and the clips wouldn't snap in tightly in the holes, and therefore the door panel would catch on the sill like yours.
My solution was to dremel trim about 5mm of plastic off of the length of the bottom of the plastic pocket. Short of buying new panels, this was the best I could come up with. I remounted the plastic pocket to the door panel and it fit in much tighter. the trimming is unnoticeable because it's only on the outer lip of pocket. Once trimmed and reinstalled, the clips snapped in tight, and the panel no longer catches on the sill.
My solution was to dremel trim about 5mm of plastic off of the length of the bottom of the plastic pocket. Short of buying new panels, this was the best I could come up with. I remounted the plastic pocket to the door panel and it fit in much tighter. the trimming is unnoticeable because it's only on the outer lip of pocket. Once trimmed and reinstalled, the clips snapped in tight, and the panel no longer catches on the sill.
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In my experience the bottom of the door card only catches if the bottom is not snugg to the door. If the clips are not properly holding the door card tight to the door, replace them with porsche original instead of the ebay knock offs. The original clips should fix your problem.
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In my experience the bottom of the door card only catches if the bottom is not snugg to the door. If the clips are not properly holding the door card tight to the door, replace them with porsche original instead of the ebay knock offs. The original clips should fix your problem.
FWIW I've been using the ones I sell on eBay in my shop for about 8 years now and not run into any issues with them.
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Ouch!
FWIW I've been using the ones I sell on eBay in my shop for about 8 years now and not run into any issues with them.
FWIW I've been using the ones I sell on eBay in my shop for about 8 years now and not run into any issues with them.
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Lol....
Can we say back peddle...
I am sure he meant no offense rob.
The Alcantara dash cover came from you.
I also got the door cover but screwed it up by one bad cut so I decided to do a temp job with vinyl from michaels.
I am also trying to do away with the carpet on the bottom for a more modern look.
I will look at the map pocket as the card is pushing away a little fro the door and I have to really push in kinda hard to get the tabs to hook in.
I'll take a closer look tonight
Thanks a ton for all the help.
It's been so long since I have driven it that I feel like when I first. Bought it.
I bit off a little bit too. It of a chunk of a project at one time on this one....
Glad to be wrapping it up
Can we say back peddle...
I am sure he meant no offense rob.
The Alcantara dash cover came from you.
I also got the door cover but screwed it up by one bad cut so I decided to do a temp job with vinyl from michaels.
I am also trying to do away with the carpet on the bottom for a more modern look.
I will look at the map pocket as the card is pushing away a little fro the door and I have to really push in kinda hard to get the tabs to hook in.
I'll take a closer look tonight
Thanks a ton for all the help.
It's been so long since I have driven it that I feel like when I first. Bought it.
I bit off a little bit too. It of a chunk of a project at one time on this one....
Glad to be wrapping it up