FE-FC Holden Discussion Forum
May 13, 2024, 07:11:38 PM
Welcome,
Guest
. Please
login
or
register
.
1 Hour
1 Day
1 Week
1 Month
Forever
Login with username, password and session length
News
: The FE-FC Holden Car Club of NSW are proud to host the
19th FE-FC Holden Nationals
. Check out the
announcement video
for more.
Home
Help
Search
Calendar
Login
Register
FE-FC Holden Discussion Forum
>
Technical Board
>
General Technical
(Moderators:
RET
,
Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius
,
gp
) >
Door Plastic
Pages: [
1
]
Go Down
« previous
next »
Add bookmark
|
Print
Author
Topic: Door Plastic (Read 2047 times)
Glenn 'Stinky' Stankevicius
Moderator
Guru
Offline
Model: FE and FC
Posts: 5130
Willaston, South Australia
Door Plastic
«
on:
March 15, 2006, 04:36:35 AM »
0
When fitting up the internal door plastic, do I need to cover the whole door card recess or just the major opening?
I have seen it done both ways on the cars that I have.
Logged
StreetTrim - Motor Trimming
Burnsy
Senior Member
Offline
Posts: 438
I love YaBB 1G - SP1!
Re: Door Plastic
«
Reply #1 on:
March 15, 2006, 04:55:52 AM »
0
I would say you only need to cover the opening. A trick is to use silastic to glue a flap of plastic that is longer (hangs lower) than the plastic that covers the opening to the inside of the covering plastic. This flap directs water that enters down your windows over the flap and through the drain holes in the bottom of your door instead of it running down the door plastic and onto the inside of your door onto your floor pan.
Clear as mud - bit of a hard one to describe
Logged
Mike
RET
Administrator
Guru
Offline
Model: FE
Posts: 5769
Re: Door Plastic
«
Reply #2 on:
March 15, 2006, 05:04:29 AM »
0
Only the glass access hole. Covering the whole thing is actually less effective, as explained below.
If you glue or tape the plastic wholly on the outside, you have to rely on that adhesive sealing the hole against moisture: it either traps the water against the edge of the door, or allows it to run down the inside edge of the trim card, thus completely defeating the purpose of the plastic.
The best way to do it is to cut the plastic about 4 inches wider than the opening, and about the same amount taller, and attach the plastic to the outside edge of the door above the hole (obviously). Then cut a little horizontal slit about 2" down either side of the opening and feed the plastic into the window well, so that the overlap below that point is inside the door. Then put some masking tape across where you cut the slit to stop it spreading. If you can get a dab of glue or tar to hold the plastic at the lower corners, that's even better. With this method, anything that runs down the plastic should fall into the well and run out the door's drain holes.
HTH
RET
Logged
OurCarClub.com.au
is a web-based data management application, custom built for car clubs and their volunteer officials.
More info...
Burnsy
Senior Member
Offline
Posts: 438
I love YaBB 1G - SP1!
Re: Door Plastic
«
Reply #3 on:
March 15, 2006, 09:32:15 AM »
0
That is the same effect that I was trying to describe but mine used the flap to direct the water into the door well.
RETS description seems simpler
and less frustrating - I think I will go that direction for my next lot.
Logged
Mike
Pages: [
1
]
Go Up
Add bookmark
|
Print
« previous
next »
Share this topic...
In a forum (BBCode)
[url=http://forum.fefcholden.club/index.php?topic=8854.0]Door Plastic[/url]
In a site/blog (HTML)
Door Plastic
Jump to:
Please select a destination:
-----------------------------
General
-----------------------------
=> General Board
=> FE-FC Holden Nationals
===> 2020 - Wangaratta - 18th FE-FC Holden Nationals
===> 2012 - Perth - 14th FE-FC Nationals
=> Events, Shows etc
-----------------------------
Technical Board
-----------------------------
=> Restoration Help
=> Modification Help
=> General Technical
-----------------------------
Galleries
-----------------------------
=> Members' FEs and FCs
===> Members' Other Vehicles
=> Project Cars - FEs and FCs Under Construction
===> Members' Other Vehicles Under Construction
=> Members' Completed FE-FC Projects
===> Completed Projects - Other Vehicles
=> Unreal Cars - Members' Artwork
=> Little Cars - Members' Model FEs and FCs
=> Original Advertisements, Brochures
=> Other Images
-----------------------------
For Sale and Wanted
-----------------------------
=> Cars For Sale
=> Cars Wanted
=> Parts For Sale
=> Reproduction Parts
=> Parts Wanted
=> Other Stuff For Sale
=> Other Stuff Wanted
=> Auction and Trade Links
Loading...