delocking

[doge5644_uk]

has anyone delocked there own doors? how'd it go?

if you paid for a professional j0b what did you pay ?


cheers
d0m

[Tazzy]

i havent had mine done yet, although i do have all the kit to do it, ive been quoted ?40 each to delock the doors, thats not actually including thr fitting of the central locking kit either!

so im gonna get that done and de lock it myself with my bros welder and a load of filler! :)

[doge5644_uk]

well i've got the c.l. on already. just want rid of the locks :).

i could do it myself... but i thought getting it done professionally might be more long term than doing it my way with filler :wink:

d0m

[novaexplod]

all u need is a bit of 2 inch x 2 inch thin steel plate, some strong adhesive (like tiger seal) n a bit of filler. Just stick the plate over the back of the hole n skim the outside with filler.

[epo]

all u need is a bit of 2 inch x 2 inch thin steel plate, some strong adhesive (like tiger seal) n a bit of filler. Just stick the plate over the back of the hole n skim the outside with filler.

is that alls that involved might have ago at it meself on the passenger door nice 1 :wink:

[badnova]

or you could get a type of solder for cars that would work
but tigar sell will do the job perfectly

[novafling]

where can you get tiger seal from?

[badnova]

you can get it from all motar factors
just bought some myslef it cost me ?6.40

[novafling]

anyone know of that site that sell the boot solenoids, and central locking kist for about ?12 / ?14. i think its called auto something. it does other wiring things aswell.

[badnova]

aplins sell solinods for ?5
and supernovas sell a kit for the boot
i just used a astra boot lock solinoid
work fine every time without fail

[Dpnova]

I have a delocked door, they look much better, once you have attace the plate to the back the filling shouldbt be that complex

[novafling]

does aplins have a site?

[Dpnova]

i think he might mean Maplins

[badnova]

yeah maplin.co.uk

try there under sound and vision
then go into the car section

[novaexplod]

maplins is quite good but in sum cases u get wot u pay for, like the last time i placed an order for some switches and a few other bits.they were tacky n shit n not as durable as i expected from the picture in the catalogue.ur best goin into the shop so u can see wot ur gettin.
p.s u dont have to use tiger seal thats just an example, theres other adhesives such as stickoflex.

[red_devil]

basic idea on how to do it..

WELD in some plates from the rear with as litte distortion to the panel... then grind the edges back around the hole so as you can blend it out...

Make sure you bare metal around the lock area where u'll be smoothing it out

[Ric 16v]

when I delocked my doors i cut abit of mesh for the back of the hole and stuck it down with a load of fiberglass then coverd the outside hole with filler hasnt crackd yet and the doors have been on for ages

[badnova]

if you goin to use fibregalss just use fibreglass it strong enough to hlod as i did this with mine

bang in the edges of the lock first
then just fibreglass over the back and then skim with filler over the top

easy as piss

[doge5644_uk]

is flexi bond any good campared to tiger seal?