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I think it would be very difficult to get behind there with a dolly in an attempt to pick/hammer it to shape. My first thought is to find a donor door and cut out the lock hole, about 3" x 3", and weld it in. The costly estimate is from the repair, keeping it flat, filling and blocking it smooth and paint.
It won't be difficult to do but somewhat time consuming.
I think there's plenty room from inside the door. Just gotta roll the window all the way up. Since the sheet metal is pulled out. Pushing it in should be fairly easy. If someone holds a flat dolly from behind. The door skin could be tapped back down. A big socket could be used on the lock area to hammer it down as well. It would need very little filler afterwards if time is taken to knock down the high spots.
Cutting the door skin from a donor, then cutting yours and welding /grinding is probably just as much work. If you got a welder thats an option. Just be aware of warping the skin. Pic for reference.
6567958[/url]]I think it would be very difficult to get behind there with a dolly in an attempt to pick/hammer it to shape. My first thought is to find a donor door and cut out the lock hole, about 3" x 3", and weld it in. The costly estimate is from the repair, keeping it flat, filling and blocking it smooth and paint.
It won't be difficult to do but somewhat time consuming.
thanks for the reply.
the quote was just for the repair, as I’m painting the whole car
this is what I’ve been wondering
if someone holds a dolly on the back maybe a right-sized socket could push the skin back down
Originally Posted by 84 1LE
I think there's plenty room from inside the door. Just gotta roll the window all the way up. Since the sheet metal is pulled out. Pushing it in should be fairly easy. If someone holds a flat dolly from behind. The door skin could be tapped back down. A big socket could be used on the lock area to hammer it down as well. It would need very little filler afterwards if time is taken to knock down the high spots.
Cutting the door skin from a donor, then cutting yours and welding /grinding is probably just as much work. If you got a welder thats an option. Just be aware of warping the skin. Pic for reference.
