door skins

[s.richardson]

anybody changed doorskins before?hopefully ill have some second hand stainless frames soon,so while there off !! looks easy enough, or have i got the same rose tinted glasses on that i used to look at underside of my new splitty?any comments on this doorskin malarky most welcome,steve

[brixtonmorris]

to do a good job you may need a tool that folds the skin around at the sides. its a kind of large crimping tool, cant remember its name at the moment. i shall look it up.

[Kevin]

its a kind of large crimping tool

Not of the hair dressing type I hope

anybody changed doorskins before? looks easy enough, or have i got the same rose tinted glasses on

If its that easy why to they sell repair sections for the lower part of the door that look a real nightmare to fit and blend in.

[s.richardson]

cheers lads,i havent done repair or whole skin,out of the two kev id rather not do repair,all that work and then find u can see it, i think frost sell the tool tour talking about brix, ive got a machine mart down the road ill look there,steve

[Willie]

KEVIN, you're right, the bottom of the door repair section is a
difficult thing to fit successfully. I think that it is produced because
it is usually only the bottom few inches of the doors which rot.

[gcb]

Tool you need is called a joddler.
Also Phil Vincent ex of Henrics will do a re-skin for you. Find his number in the OC mag.

[Alec]

Hello SR,
Frost's tool is part number F280, Door Skinning Tool at £39.00. (A joddler, by the way is entirely different, this puts a shallow step in sheet metal to allow a flush overlap joint between two panels)
I find that I need to follow with a hammer and dolly to really crimp the metal down.

regards,
Alec

[s.richardson]

thanks lads