v70 door skins

[Ed]

Someone has put a dent in my 2002 v70 driver's door and driver's side
passenger door with their bumper. The local body shop tells me that both
doors will need to be re-skined or replaced, but they don't know if
Volvo do door skins or not. Does anyone here know?

Thanks
Ed

 

[Guest]

Someone has put a dent in my 2002 v70 driver's door and driver's side
passenger door with their bumper. The local body shop tells me that both
doors will need to be re-skined or replaced, but they don't know if
Volvo do door skins or not. Does anyone here know?

Why both doors? (i.e. why replace the undamaged one too?)

Tim..

 

[Svein Tore Sølvik]

[ Tim (Remove NOSPAM.] (Fri, 21 May 2004 17:22:30 +0000 (UTC)):

Why both doors? (i.e. why replace the undamaged one too?)

Tim..

Doesn't it say "dent" in the "drivers door _and_ drivers site passenger
door" ?

 

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[ Tim (Remove NOSPAM.] (Fri, 21 May 2004 17:22:30 +0000 (UTC)):

Why both doors? (i.e. why replace the undamaged one too?)

Tim..

Doesn't it say "dent" in the "drivers door _and_ drivers site passenger

So it does! oops!

Tim..

 

[G Klein]

Yes Volvo does sell just the door skins the body shop will be able to
determine if just the skins are needed or the whole door

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[Mike F]

Yes Volvo does sell just the door skins the body shop will be able to
determine if just the skins are needed or the whole door

I'd be happier with used doors as opposed to new door skins. Often
bodyshops don't rust protect their work properly, resulting in rust
around the edges of the doors. Have you ever seen a car with 3 good
doors and one really rusty? Chances are it's because that one door skin
was replaced a few years before.

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Mike F.
Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

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[Ed]

I'd be happier with used doors as opposed to new door skins. Often
bodyshops don't rust protect their work properly, resulting in rust
around the edges of the doors. Have you ever seen a car with 3 good
doors and one really rusty? Chances are it's because that one door skin
was replaced a few years before.

Mike,

Interesting comment. I sort of assumed that it would all be
galvanised and there would be no rust problems. My insurer
states that the work will be guaranteed for as long as I own
the car. I don't know how that would work out in practice though.
I'm interested as to exactly how the skins are attached onto the
existing frame. Does the dented section just get patched, or is
the entire door chopped round the edge.
The estimate for the work is about £1200(UKP), just for a little
dent in two doors!

Cheers
Ed

 

[Mike F]

Mike,

Interesting comment. I sort of assumed that it would all be
galvanised and there would be no rust problems. My insurer
states that the work will be guaranteed for as long as I own
the car. I don't know how that would work out in practice though.
I'm interested as to exactly how the skins are attached onto the
existing frame. Does the dented section just get patched, or is
the entire door chopped round the edge.
The estimate for the work is about £1200(UKP), just for a little
dent in two doors!

Cheers
Ed

The skins would be galvanized (or have some form of zinc coating), but
that coating gets damaged where welding takes place. I'm not sure just
how much welding would be involved, but I'd bet that there'd be a fair
amount. Asking the body shop would be the best idea.

--
Mike F.
Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

NOTE: new address!!
Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly.
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[G Klein]

The door skins are bonded to the original metal not welded
Glenn

--
"*-344-*Never Forgotten"
Is for the New York City Firemen who lost their lives on September 11,2001.
The official count is 343, but there was also a volunteer who lost his life
aiding in the initial rescue efforts. And I will never forget them as long
as I live,
nor should any American.
"Mow Green"

 

[Mike F]

The door skins are bonded to the original metal not welded
Glenn

Originally, yes. However how the bodyshop will attach the replacement
one is the concern. Sometimes there just is no substitute for factory
controlled conditions and the expensive, single purpose tooling that
does this sort of job.

--
Mike F.
Thornhill (near Toronto), Ont.

NOTE: new address!!
Replace tt with t (twice!) and remove parentheses to email me directly.
(But I check the newsgroup more often than this email address.)