Reply to "aftermarket door skins"

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Even stock "original" replacement skins need to be aligned. They aren't easy to do in that respect.

I wouldn't even know how to attach the aluminum skins to a steel frame.

They have to be crimped on but how they stay aligned where you want them is beyond me.

A lot of the current super cars are using aluminum doors and trunk and engine covers on a steel frame.

How you expect to keep those strait and not dent or ripple easily is beyond my comprehension.

On a Pantera you can probably save 75 pounds by going to the aluminum skins but you are putting them on your steel spiders.

I don't know if it's worth it on a street car. You aren't going to go any faster and you still can get corrosion on the aluminum due to galvanic action against the steel and reacting with rock salt trapped in a tight space somewhere.

Carbon fiber might be a better choice? Not a good choice, just a better one than aluminum.

3/23/147:26 AM

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