How To Fix Cracked Plastic Door Panel

Due to poor design and many years of strain it split along the handle line.

How to fix cracked plastic door panel.

If your door panels on your classic car are cracked no worries. This is done by drilling the ends of the crack with a small drill bit. We show you how to use fast setting glue the correct way. How to fix an interior door panel that has broken tabs.

Cleaning the panel with wax and grease remover is the best way to get the part clean without damaging the plastic. We had a pair of sun bleached plastic door panels from a 1974 dodge challenger that were in need of some restoration. If you want the repair to last you have to stop the crack. A crack will continue to tear the plastic unless you remove the stress point drilling does just that.

You can fix them using this method. This door panel came off the straight axle swap blazer. Be sure to fill it in completely and apply the putty as evenly as you can. Over time the sun eats away at plastic and eventually it starts to flake off much like how steel rusts.

Hello everyone sweet project cars here wit. I m sure there are better ways of fixing it but this is my way. Brush the plastic slurry over the crack to fill in the seam. With the acetone fully removed from the mixture you can apply the plastic slurry made from your scrap plastic.

Remove the spline and apply a liberal amount of wood glue into the crack.