First time poster, lurker for a while, Had a YJ for more than 20 years, Ive done a couple body rust repairs and a little painting in the garage on a couple different projects before so thought i wanted to do an 8 last fall, so landed this thing in january. Like most projects this one is turning out to be more than what i figured it would be..... but im in too deep now to stop. Come to find out this was 2 bodys spliced into one, they just lapped the sheet metal near the rear of the doors and then put spray on bedliner over everything. The diamond plate covers it up where it wasnt so obvious. The driver door didnt fit right. So ive decided im putting sides on it to replace some rust thats been sprayed over and make the doors fit right. Come to find out the door has been trimmed in an attempt to get it to fit. Maybe about 7/16 inch from the back. Now to get the door back right i need to figure out how to add about 7/16 back to it. My thought is that i could weld something to the inner structure to get that back but trying to make the door skin look right would be way easier if someone sold door skins. So far all i can find is skin patches from classic enterprises that only does the lower part. Curious if anyone knows a source for full hard door skins?
Anyone replaced hard top door skins?
- Thread starter dtt454
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- Richmond
- State
- TX
- City
- Richmond
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- TX
I have a feeling Dan is talking about the side skins, not door skins. (Metal by the door openings)
Classic does sell the lower portion of the door outer skin, but not a complete new skin. If the door is that bad, the inner structure is probably toast, and you would be better off finding new doors.