door reskinning
Discussion
The time has come to finally get a grip of my decaying cooper. (It`s only a `97!).
As I have a hole in the drivers door that I can put my hand straight through I believe that is a good place to start.
So, do I get the door reskinned or get one from a scrappy?
Will an older one fit? I know it won`t have the side impact bars but I don`t think I`m bothered.
Any ideas on the price for a reskinning or anywhere that`ll do it in (North) Yorkshire?
Finally, when I get really carried away, can someone give me a rough idea on a respray? Outside only, same colour, just to sort it out after all the rust has been removed.
Thanks.
As I have a hole in the drivers door that I can put my hand straight through I believe that is a good place to start.
So, do I get the door reskinned or get one from a scrappy?
Will an older one fit? I know it won`t have the side impact bars but I don`t think I`m bothered.
Any ideas on the price for a reskinning or anywhere that`ll do it in (North) Yorkshire?
Finally, when I get really carried away, can someone give me a rough idea on a respray? Outside only, same colour, just to sort it out after all the rust has been removed.
Thanks.
All doors from '69 on will fit. The latest ones have the door bar as you say. This company advertises a full door repair for £75 exchange in the mini magazines : www.minidoor.co.uk - J.M. Illingworth, Unit 4 Stubbins Lane, Claughton-on-brook, Preston, Lancs, PR3 0QH. 01995 640122.
Your local friendly mini speciallist will be able to do the job for you though, so check them out too.
Your local friendly mini speciallist will be able to do the job for you though, so check them out too.
plotloss said: As an aside to the above post, MiniDoor will now put an aluminium skin on your door frame meaning that it will be a lot more resilient in future...
Matt.
Won't stop the bottom of the frame rotting out though
and I'd be a little concerned about bimetalic corrosion putting an alloy skin onto a steel frame. 
Dis-similar metals when in intimate contact and with an electrolite (i.e. water) will behave like a battery and cause electro-galvanic corrosion. In reality this means the two metals in contact with water will corrode. But then how many other sets of alternate metals are present in the car ?? Using aluminium skins on steel frames was a period modification, Special Tuning used it alot on Mini's, Healeys and MG's over the years.
Thanks Phil.
Would the aluminium be touching the steel of the door frame though, as surely its going to be glued rather than welded?
I suppose in any situation you are going to get some contact somewhere along the line though.
Didnt know that about ST.
Perhaps fibreglass doors are the way forward?
Matt.
Would the aluminium be touching the steel of the door frame though, as surely its going to be glued rather than welded?
I suppose in any situation you are going to get some contact somewhere along the line though.
Didnt know that about ST.
Perhaps fibreglass doors are the way forward?
Matt.
Thanks Phil.
Would the aluminium be touching the steel of the door frame though, as surely its going to be glued rather than welded?
I suppose in any situation you are going to get some contact somewhere along the line though.
Didnt know that about ST.
Perhaps fibreglass doors are the way forward?
Matt.
I've got fibreglass doors on mine - a bit lighter weight than the starndard ones, and you can't put the wind up windows in them - you can get just fibreglass skins IIRC. Goit some piccies somewhere of my fibreglass doors with the polycarbonate windows in them - very racy ('looks like a
grasstracker!' as one of my bro's mates said)
Oh, and rust and aluminium don't mix well. (Well, very well actually, with a bit of heating up, preferablt both materials as either fine shavings or (better) powder - colloquially known as thermite
)
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