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Technical => Body/Appearance/Interior => Topic started by: jcassity on November 10, 2012, 07:31:00 PM

Title: Door pocket repair
Post by: jcassity on November 10, 2012, 07:31:00 PM
Mine along with everyone else's door pockets are probably  by now

here are a few pictures that show what I did
Title: Door pocket repair
Post by: jcassity on November 10, 2012, 07:35:44 PM
Here's a couple more pictures
Title: Door pocket repair
Post by: Masejoer on November 10, 2012, 10:24:16 PM
Yeah, the ones I picked up from a yard have tons of cracks, not only around the screw holes, just removing the outer material. For my setup, the door panels will be getting modifications to be self-contained speaker boxes. This means that the entire panel will be modified and reinforced with fiberglass, MDF, and metal.

Does anyone actually use the map pockets? Newer cars don't often seem to come with them and I found that I only use the glove box. The map pockets are just places for things to sit that will annoyingly rattle.
Title: Door pocket repair
Post by: jcassity on November 11, 2012, 11:02:58 AM
my new rule is when i open something up on this car,,, anything thats broken along the way gets fixed.

i need one tan clip that goes on the door strap that you pull on to close the door.. the seat belts rip back and obviously ejected on off in some parking lot somewhere.
Title: Door pocket repair
Post by: Masejoer on November 11, 2012, 01:02:31 PM
Quote from: jcassity;402360
my new rule is when i open something up on this car,,, anything thats broken along the way gets fixed.

Mine too, except I also have to improve anything that is mediocre in stock form, or modifications I did in the past. I know at some point I'm going to have to redo my interior LED lighting just to better isolate everything and add additional heatsinking. I'm trying my best to make everything be little "modules" though, so replacement in the future will always be easy. The difficult part is finding proper 2-pin connectors for cheap to make everything have proper harnesses. I don't like the idea of a $15 socket/plug for every connection I have around the vehicle.
Title: Door pocket repair
Post by: ramair351 on November 11, 2012, 08:25:41 PM
good thread!  i have fixed mine with washers temporarily.    i do like to have map pockets, most trucks still have them.  things i keep in mine: jacknife, flashlight, and a small tape measure i can take into Lowes with me.