ideas to repair a door panel

black_demon69 · Apr 19, 2014

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any ideas welcome

door panels are all electric from a 94 ranger. the previous owner had to have 6x9 speakers and mangled the driver door panel :bawling:

. i have not been able to find a replacement that i can afford i guess that they are made of gold. :dunno:

hank857 · Apr 19, 2014

find one for manual windows and then cut it up to fill the hole, or just go ahead and glass in the hole and paint to match. there are louvers in the position for the speaker grill, but I would try to find a manual door panel to make the the patch. Too bad I trashed my old ones when I installed the electric stuff. Just threw them out last year!

JoshT · Apr 19, 2014

Sorry, I think it's dead. That one will probably be replace rather than repair. Do you just need a driver door panel? I'm sure some people on here hit the yards fairly often, maybe they could help you locate one.

The pull-a-part here in GA lists door panels at less than $20, but I imagine the shipping costs would be prohibitive. Unfortunately, I only rarely get a free weekend to go there.

black_demon69 · Apr 20, 2014

the only ones man or electric around here they want between $175 to $225.

black_demon69 · Apr 20, 2014

however was thinking about customizing it and making passenger side match using some kind of metal speaker grill... what do you think?

tmcalavy · Apr 20, 2014

I'd just pull the speaker(s) and add a grill on each opening...time will take of it if you keep looking and start putting some $$ back.

adsm08 · Apr 20, 2014

Looks like you need some stupid glue. It's for when someone does something stupid, like cut a hole in your door.

I could keep an eye out the next time I am at the yard, they want either $8 or $25, some of the names on their list are confusing. Shipping it to Arizona might get expensive though.

black_demon69 · Apr 20, 2014

tmcalavy said:
I'd just pull the speaker(s) and add a grill on each opening...time will take of it if you keep looking and start putting some $$ back.

no room when door is closed for grill there is only about 1/4 inch between dash and door panel

97RangerXLT · Apr 20, 2014

I would replace the door panel, but since they are quite costly where you live, I would create a cloth speaker grille. Find some grey cloth that matches the door. get a peice of metal that will cover the speaker, and cut it into an oval shape that covers the speaker and bend it to fit the contours of the door panel. cut or drill holes in the metal so that the sound can come through but it leaves a rigid frame over the speaker so you don't accidentally bump or damage the speaker. to attach it, you can go a a little extra and do it so that the screws are hidden or just use screws that go through it and you can see the heads

for hidden screws, get a few flat cone shaped head machine screws, and drill holes in the metal frame and matching holes int he door panel. make sure to indent the holes on the metal so the screws are flush with it and jb weld the screws in place. then wrap the cloth around it and glue it to the metal frame. put the covers on andfasten them in place with nuts

or you can just cover the metal with the cloth and drill the holes for the screws and fasten it to the door panel that way.

AJ

veefer800canuck · Apr 20, 2014

I hate it when people hack holes in the interior.

Get the correct sized speakers for the factory locations. Geez.

97RangerXLT · Apr 20, 2014

Another way to attach the above mentioned fabricated sheetmetal and fabric speaker covers... make some tabs when cutting out the metal for the speakers so you can bend them back around the plastic part of the door panel. no screws needed.

AJ

black_demon69 · Apr 21, 2014

97RangerXLT said:
I would replace the door panel, but since they are quite costly where you live, I would create a cloth speaker grille. Find some grey cloth that matches the door. get a peice of metal that will cover the speaker, and cut it into an oval shape that covers the speaker and bend it to fit the contours of the door panel. cut or drill holes in the metal so that the sound can come through but it leaves a rigid frame over the speaker so you don't accidentally bump or damage the speaker. to attach it, you can go a a little extra and do it so that the screws are hidden or just use screws that go through it and you can see the heads

for hidden screws, get a few flat cone shaped head machine screws, and drill holes in the metal frame and matching holes int he door panel. make sure to indent the holes on the metal so the screws are flush with it and jb weld the screws in place. then wrap the cloth around it and glue it to the metal frame. put the covers on andfasten them in place with nuts

or you can just cover the metal with the cloth and drill the holes for the screws and fasten it to the door panel that way.

AJ

yes thought about metal and cloth cover and don't really mind a custom look but will have to make passenger side match if i go this route.

best idea i have seen though besides replace door panel. also it will be getting the 5x7s back. also apparently all elec door panels are a rarity because most rangers have crank windows :annoyed:

black_demon69 · Apr 21, 2014

veefer800canuck said:
I hate it when people hack holes in the interior.

Get the correct sized speakers for the factory locations. Geez.

so do i

Andy D · Apr 21, 2014

Manual windows were an attraction, after yrs of messing around with electric windows. When I replaced the radio, I noticed that there were only 2 wires going to the door.

black_demon69 · Apr 21, 2014

Andy D said:
Manual windows were an attraction, after yrs of messing around with electric windows. When I replaced the radio, I noticed that there were only 2 wires going to the door.

this truck just had them and they work so i have no reason to fix

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