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I am trying to find a good way to repair a set of interior door panels. The part the fits over the top of the door just inside of the window. There are square holes cut in the plastic to hold the window trim / weather seals. Ive got a few holes broken. Biggest problem is both panels have the last rear hole broken off. This makes my window trim kind of move about. I hate to drop over $500 for new door panels.
I have repaired those panels easily with thin metal strips and epoxy. I have used old hack saw blades - just position them along the bottom edge where the thin piece of plastic is missing and epoxy the whole thing along the plastic panel lip. You can cut a strip from the blade or notch them if you need too.
But by far the easiest way was to use the thin little strips of metal from old windshield wiper blade replacements and epoxy them to the plastic the same way. By using the long strips, there is plenty of surface to glue without trying to actually do anything to those broken spots. Those little strips are almost exactly the same size as the thin strip of plastic below the open squares, so the window trip clips still fit exactly the same way. The strips from the wiper blades (or cut from a hack saw blade) are both thin and very strong.
I have repaired those panels easily with thin metal strips and epoxy. I have used old hack saw blades - just position them along the bottom edge where the thin piece of plastic is missing and epoxy the whole thing along the plastic panel lip. You can cut a strip from the blade or notch them if you need too.
But by far the easiest way was to use the thin little strips of metal from old windshield wiper blade replacements and epoxy them to the plastic the same way. By using the long strips, there is plenty of surface to glue without trying to actually do anything to those broken spots. Those little strips are almost exactly the same size as the thin strip of plastic below the open squares, so the window trip clips still fit exactly the same way. The strips from the wiper blades (or cut from a hack saw blade) are both thin and very strong.
Thanks for a great tip. Only problem for me is my panels are missing kind of large chunks at one end or the other. I think the repair kit shown here is a better fit for my needs.
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