Lower door repair kit or whole skin?

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C.J.
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Lower door repair kit or whole skin?

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decided after great deliberation that I'm keeping moggy now, and am going to get it nicely refurbished where required.

Bottoms of the 2 doors are bubbling, noyt badly, but in need of replacement imo.
Which route as title suggested?
Repair panels for £30 or full skins for £130ish iirc?

Is it possible for the repair panels to look absolutely perfect when welded in?
Depends very much on the skill of the welder I suppose?
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the best route is to find some good used doors
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aupickup wrote:the best route is to find some good used doors
Or to repair the existing ones perhaps?

They really aren't that bad, but I don't want the inevitable holes filling only to start bubbling up again in 12 months time.

If that could be done, then that would be my favourite option.
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 for £130ish

Door skins please can you point me in the right direction , I can only find them at 180 plus vat.
Many thanks

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alexandermclaren wrote: for £130ish

Door skins please can you point me in the right direction , I can only find them at 180 plus vat.
Many thanks

£135 from Charles Ware it seems.

http://www.morrisminorspareparts.co.uk/ ... ors-hinges
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£135.00 each + VAT remember :wink:

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For what it's worth I recently asked the same question on here and I decided to go for a lower repair panel from ESM , the fit was almost perfect and mine wasn't too bad either. At £17 + vat it was a steal and the outcome from the body shop was a door that now looks as good as new and the paint shop guys said it's one of the best panels they've fitted in ages.

p.s. I only had mine done about three weeks ago.
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Budgie wrote:For what it's worth I recently asked the same question on here and I decided to go for a lower repair panel from ESM , the fit was almost perfect and mine wasn't too bad either. At £17 + vat it was a steal and the outcome from the body shop was a door that now looks as good as new and the paint shop guys said it's one of the best panels they've fitted in ages.

p.s. I only had mine done about three weeks ago.
i presume the cutting has to be absolutely 'bob on' 100% accurate?
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Well not really as it's all profiled backed with filler which is minimal if it's done properly and the body shop wax oiled inside the door as standard.
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The CW skins are 2 door only, and 'if available'.....plus delivery, and THEN plus vat on the whole lot....
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This is my reply to Budgie when he asked the same question:
My doors were only bad at the bottom so this is what I did, and the repair panels and bits came from ESM and I found that they were of the correct size.
Get the doors sandblasted first, makes things a lot easier.
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Cut away the rotten bits:
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Weld in repair panel and fill, lots of hand work and prep required here.
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Sprayed with primer, as you can see the boot needed repairing as well:
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Oh and dont forget the two sealing strips at the bottom of the doors.
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Hope this helps, Good luck.
Should be ready for tea time.
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