Door Change over

[sid666]

im getting my gsi resprayed, and the company that are doing it have advised me to buy 2 new doors because mine are pretty bad with rust, was just wondering how hard is it to change the locks and wire in all the electrical fittings?

anyhelp is appreciated cheers!

[Lee]

Changing the bits over is easy peasy, the hardest bit will be getting your current doors off lol

[craig green]

Agree, though switching the glass is a ball ache. Wrestled it out & then nearly cried putting it back in.

[sid666]

oh crap im not lookin forward to this lol

[dave.gsi]

taking the old ones off is a pain in the ass!

i ended up getting the grinder out and got evil on themlol

[sid666]

so it really is a mission just to get the pins out?

[bigbened]

nope mine came out peice a pee but ive done another door that was harder, just make sure you get a draper pin puller

[sid666]

hammer and screwsriver it is lol

[paul james]

Doors are a total nightmare to take off, even with the proper door pin tool, theres just not enough room to get at it properly. Your better off just grinding them of if your not keeping them anyway - on the rusty door side obviously, don't go grinding the pillar of the car!

[craig green]

Beat the pins out with a section of Nova bonnet stay.

[craig green]

And hammer.

[paul james]

I've had no success with removing doors properly. On the current car I tried removing the drivers door, totally destroyed one set of door pin removing kit, then with another one got the spindle bit totally stuck in the hinge - and I can't get at it with my angle griner, or cut through it with the giant metal scissors I've got, so its just going to stay there! Ended up just cutting the rust out of the door and fixing it instead of replacing it.

[Matt2107]

Easiest way to get the doors off is like so

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v315/Matt2107/DSCN0313Move.jpg

I have a whole bag of new pins... drop me a pm if you want some.

[dave.gsi]

^^^ yep thats what happened with mine, grind the beggers off, then you have more room to play with getting the pins out

[bump]

Supporting the other end of the door also helps, along with some proper penetrating oil.

[bangerbrian]

when i stripped down a nova, the door came off staright away with oil!