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Car Forum / Honda Cars / September 2006'98 Civic Door Skin
I recently had some damage done to my drivers side door. Someone backed into it in a parking lot and then (ARUGH!) took off. The door still aligns o.k. and the power window still works well. My father claims that I am wasting my money by having the auto body place repair the large dent in the door (I would rather not claim this against my insurance). He believes that I could simply find a 'door skin' at a local parts yard and replace the outside face of the door myself. I think he should watch a little less McGyver - I've never heard of replacing a door skin. Has anyone done this before? Comments? Suggestions? Help! Thank you! We had the door skin replaced on our 1999 Civic at a local body shop. It cost around $1,500 after labor and painting. I believe that the skin itself was a couple hundred bucks, and I believe, though not for certain, that they used a new one. You (should) learn something new every day. Earle > I recently had some damage done to my drivers side door. Someone > backed into it in a parking lot and then (ARUGH!) took off. The door [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Thank you! "El Chubbo" <costabile@gmail.com> wrote in news:1157443752.440952.159930 @m79g2000cwm.googlegroups.com: > I recently had some damage done to my drivers side door. Someone > backed into it in a parking lot and then (ARUGH!) took off. The door [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Thank you! You can do it, but it's lots and lots of labor. It will be far cheaper to get them to bang out the dent. Door skin replacements are usually done when restoring a classic for which parts are expensive or scarce.  SignatureTeGGeR® The Unofficial Honda/Acura FAQ www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ > I recently had some damage done to my drivers side door. Someone > backed into it in a parking lot and then (ARUGH!) took off. The door [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Thank you! skinning, as mentioned by the others, is expensive and unnecessary. unless you want this car to look showroom, your father probably has the best advice. your next cheapest option is to buy a whole door at a junk yard, already the correct color of course. a skinning operation rarely looks as good as original and frequently is subject to premature corrosion because it's never sealed as well as factory - that alone should be a significant discouragement for you. |
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