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Aug 28, 2012 | 07:20 PM

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Door panels NOT cracked

Not sure if this is the right place for this but I wanted to run this by y'all. For a long time I've been meaning to take my door panels off and do the preventative work to the panels to keep them from cracking. It was an older article in GM High Tech. Well I took them off and studied them but I didn't see any points that looked like they were under stress or any places that looked out of shape. I've taken care of them sense I've owned the car and never rolled the windows down all the way. I don't know if this made a difference or not. At this point I was confused on what to do. So I decided to simply remove about half the staples to relieve stress I just may not be perceiving just in case. I just wanted to get someones opinion on whether or not they feel this was the best approach? I couldn't really think what else to do. Thanks.

Aug 28, 2012 | 09:03 PM

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Aug 29, 2012 | 05:49 AM

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That's the article I was refering to -_-. I just wasn't sure what I'm supposed to do with the damn things if I don't see any stress points like they refer to.

Aug 30, 2012 | 01:17 PM

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I removed the last 3 or 4 staples and replaced them with small bolts. It's better to be safe than sorry. Door panels are discontinued from GM and uncracked replacements are about $200-300 each.

Aug 30, 2012 | 01:53 PM

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If that door panel didn't have that recess area with the square inside corners in that underside area, ...

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Aug 30, 2012 | 02:41 PM

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I think I handled it appropriately. I don't see the panel needing ALL those stables. I removed 2 stables for every 1 that was on it. It should hold fine AND be able to breath. Plus I never roll the windows down all the way.