A Question

bianchi1 · #1 (**permalink**) 10-31-2009, 05:10 PM

have any of you done this/ or know of a person that has done this? remopve a door skin and repaired it and put it back on?my 2 doors have some damage done to them, and the dealer only dell whole doors at 1650..EACH.. yes it's not a alfa romeo

it's a 1990 audi quattro coupe.

. sort of rare..only 1650 made it to the states..

.i cannot find any door skins for the car.. even used doors are like like chickin teeth... i looked at it it looks like it might work.

**John Brase** · #2 (**permalink**) 10-31-2009, 05:29 PM

I think you need to find a good independent (non-dealer) body shop and see if they can do the work. You might need to shop around a little since a lot of shops are only into insurance crash repair and finding someone who can do old fashioned hammer and dolly straightening might be a challenge. But they are out there, if you can find them.

bianchi1 · #3 (**permalink**) 10-31-2009, 05:32 PM

thanks , john.. but not many hamer men left anymore.. i just had a thought.. why not get some sheet alumiun and shape that?the door has only a few soft curves.

**ghnl** · #4 (**permalink**) 10-31-2009, 06:07 PM

Usually when door skins are removed for replacement the edges are ground off. The new skins (if they were available) would have partial folds where the skin over laps/attaches to the frame.

I think removing the current door skins and trying to re-install them would likely cause more damage.

An auto restoration shop would be more likely to be able to repair the doors vs a body shop that does mostly new cars.

bianchi1 · #5 (**permalink**) 10-31-2009, 06:31 PM

audi in there wisdom....only sells whole doors.. not skiins..i checked all the body shops around here.. bmw sells only whole doors also..

ad8n · #6 (**permalink**) 11-05-2009, 03:18 PM

I'm not sure what kind of damage your doors have. I've had good results with Paintless Dent Removal to get rid of door dings in my doors. If the damage is more severe I'm sure a good body shop should be able to strip the inside of the door and repair it. You'll probably have to repaint the doors, which will add to the cost, but the body shop will then be able to drill a small hole into the door skin and pull it out if necessary. Do you have photographs of the damage? It would be interesting to see what repair is required.

Antoni Deighton
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