Cracked interior door panel...:( *DON'T QUOTE PICS!
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Read all 420 posts, wish something would have happened with the lawsuit. Oh well. Also add mine to the list, passanger side all the way to the fabric. D/S half way down. What I did learn is that people need to actually READ posts before asking questions.
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i also became a victim of the infamous cracking interior door panel not in my 94 T/A,or even my 99 T/A but in the new 2000 T/A which is a week old i saw an article awhile back in Pontiac Perforance Magazine about this same topic ,but i cant recall how long ago it was though the guy had a solution for fixiing the problem i hope i cant get or even find any info on that article then i'll pass it on
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Follow these instructions..
As mentioned, use wire/ twist ties or something similar when reattaching the weather stripping so it has room to move around a little bit. I'm still not a big fan of the nut and bolt idea propsed by HP magazine. Getting the staples out will probably be the hardest part of the whole fix
Do yourself a favor and remove the panels, take out the staple and reinforce the stress areas.
Here is my write up on the repair.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showpost....&postcount=159
I try to convey to everyone that even if you don't have cracks the possibility that you will is Great. Better to take action before you have to worry about how to replace your entire door panel.
Here is my write up on the repair.
https://ls1tech.com/forums/showpost....&postcount=159
I try to convey to everyone that even if you don't have cracks the possibility that you will is Great. Better to take action before you have to worry about how to replace your entire door panel.
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i also became a victim of the infamous cracking interior door panel not in my 94 T/A,or even my 99 T/A but in the new 2000 T/A which is a week old i saw an article awhile back in Pontiac Perforance Magazine about this same topic ,but i cant recall how long ago it was though the guy had a solution for fixiing the problem i hope i cant get or even find any info on that article then i'll pass it on
http://www.highperformancepontiac.co...air/index.html
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Thanks nichoLaS1 for posting that.
I tell ya if I hadn't of done that fix when I first started seeing the tiny crack in my driver door so long ago...I would now have two fully cracked panels.
So...once again, if you don't have cracks now....YOU WILL, so please save yourself some money and headaches and do the fix! haha
Good luck fellas.
I tell ya if I hadn't of done that fix when I first started seeing the tiny crack in my driver door so long ago...I would now have two fully cracked panels.
So...once again, if you don't have cracks now....YOU WILL, so please save yourself some money and headaches and do the fix! haha
Good luck fellas.
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Thanks nichoLaS1 for posting that.
I tell ya if I hadn't of done that fix when I first started seeing the tiny crack in my driver door so long ago...I would now have two fully cracked panels.
So...once again, if you don't have cracks now....YOU WILL, so please save yourself some money and headaches and do the fix! haha
Good luck fellas.
I tell ya if I hadn't of done that fix when I first started seeing the tiny crack in my driver door so long ago...I would now have two fully cracked panels.
So...once again, if you don't have cracks now....YOU WILL, so please save yourself some money and headaches and do the fix! haha
Good luck fellas.
P.s. For those of you that feel 'lucky' or whatever about not having cracks in your doors, listen to bandit; THEY WILL CRACK. YOURE NOT LUCKY. FIX IT BEFORE ITS TOO LATE. period lol. if anyone wants a more detailed explanation as to why they crack, ask. I'll give u my $.02
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car was in Florida and hawaii for the first 40k and 9 years of it's life and had baby cracks on both sides. with the cold here, passengers that slam the f'ing door, and major potholes surely did it in.
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No, its not the tempreture or anything else. Its the staples on the inside of the door panel that holds the weatherstrip to the panel. (see all the staples)
![](http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz19/Lightfoot_02/100_1167.jpg)
I taken all the staples out except 4 and those I Loosen. Heres the tools I used............
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After I had all the staple out, except the two on either ends of the door panel and the two in the middle but equaly spaced apart. But do loosen them.
(You'll know what I mean by Loosen the staples, when you try to get them out).
Then just to be on the safe side of things, I scuffed it up with a wire brush , then cleaned the area with rubbing alcohol.........
![](http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz19/Lightfoot_02/100_1180.jpg)
After it dryed, I applied a thin layer of epoxy followed up by a strip of screen (like from a window screen), then I put another layer of epoxy on top of that and let it dry and cure for a good 24 hours.
![](http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz19/Lightfoot_02/100_1179.jpg)
Then I put the panels back on the car doors and now I don't have to worry about my door panels cracking any more, knowing I did everything I could of done.
![](http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz19/Lightfoot_02/100_1167.jpg)
I taken all the staples out except 4 and those I Loosen. Heres the tools I used............
![](http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz19/Lightfoot_02/100_1172.jpg)
After I had all the staple out, except the two on either ends of the door panel and the two in the middle but equaly spaced apart. But do loosen them.
(You'll know what I mean by Loosen the staples, when you try to get them out).
Then just to be on the safe side of things, I scuffed it up with a wire brush , then cleaned the area with rubbing alcohol.........
![](http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz19/Lightfoot_02/100_1180.jpg)
After it dryed, I applied a thin layer of epoxy followed up by a strip of screen (like from a window screen), then I put another layer of epoxy on top of that and let it dry and cure for a good 24 hours.
![](http://i809.photobucket.com/albums/zz19/Lightfoot_02/100_1179.jpg)
Then I put the panels back on the car doors and now I don't have to worry about my door panels cracking any more, knowing I did everything I could of done.
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im going to repair it next week. ithink im going to epoxy it and wrap it in GM vinyl, this gives me a good excuse to fatten up the steering wheel and wrap in alcatera like a GT3 wheel.
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My buddy has an 02 ws6 same color intirior (don't think that would make a difference) same thing cracked both sides with less then 60k on it on the other hand mine is a 98 with 140k on it and they are still fine, very strange however seems to be very comon as well
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I have the same crack on my driver side door penel and I am starting to think that its the material that its made off is to stiff and can not take the temperature changes
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Its the staples - they stress the material because they don't allow it to naturally expand and contract. If you drill out the staple holes to allow for the movement of the plastic the problem is solved. You'll also see that the reinforcing ribbing on the back of the panel is weakest in the area that the crack develops. So, had that reinforcing been designed differently, the staples may not even be an issue.