Sichno

How do you secure the do or panel rail to the door?? When I bought my car they were missing so I went to the junkyard and bought a pair, how do I secure the panel onto the door?

My door panel has a thin leather going over it, but the cardboard felt behind it has dried up and doesn't hold right, how can I glue it back onto its cardboard felt?

Matt trans am

Those are two seperate pieces. They are attached togethere behind the panel. Somebody destroyed the carboard backing where they are joined.

SouthSide2

One way to inprove what are working with is hot glue. Im sure it will work better than tape. Of course new panels are best. You can find them. Question is... Is the car worth the money?
I started my money pit Camaro four years ago. I'm still dumping time and money into it. And not done yet.
All cars are made to go together once. Taking somethings apart and reassemble requires new parts.
Hot glue guns are cheap. Nice to have one around the house for many sticky needs.
Hope this helps.

greenyone

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Mine were like that too. I wish I would have taken pictures. The plastic piece was no longer attached due to the holes in the cardboard being ripped through. I took some pieces of thin .040 polystyrene modeling plastic and gorilla glued them over the ripped holes on the backside of the door panel and then re-drilled the holes for the door plastic to accept. New door panels are in my future. But this got me down the road for the time being.

This stuff.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

navy02ws6

I'm pretty sure I've seen several members on here just reattach them from the back of the door panel with that expensive shiny aluminum duct tape (not to be confused with regular duct tape as it's much more heat resistant). From what I've read, it's supposed to be a fairly permanent fix, at least from a cosmetic standpoint. The door panel will need to be removed from the door first of course.

scottmoyer

I've not seen the duct tape used on a door panel that was completely destroyed. To strengthen the connection, I added duct tape to mine, but the cardboard is still in mint shape and the studs/caps were all tightened. The cardboard has holes larger than the studs, so there is movement on the top cap, unless you overtighten the caps. You can shear off the stud though by doing that. I tightened mine up as tight as I was comfortable going, then held the top piece in place while I duct taped it together. It's tight now, no movement and no rattles.