Vapor shield on doors?

When I pulled my panels off to do the Ford Taurus window motor conversion there was a barrier. It appeared stock to me.

Devin

Do you remember what the material was made out of and how it was attached?

There wasnt any barrier on 6915. What i used was a clear plastic sheeting that was about 10ml thick and windsheild ribbon its also called strip chalk they are 3m products.outline the door with it and stick the plastic to it.It stands up to the heat and wont melt and drip out from behind the door panel.I also used this around all the plastic body plugs and wiring to stop water leaks.

That is a great idea because I could remove it in the future if I need to get back in there. I may already have the thin gray caulk that you described because I used it to seal around a gas tank in another car. Thanks

There ia another product called acustic foam. It stays flexible and will not dry and stay stuck, sorry, I have never used it, and have no part numbers.

I don't recall ever seeing a barrier on the panteras I have worked on. It might be a good idea to put one in place though.

all panteras from the factory had a very thin plastic barrier on the doors.It was almost like the material that is on trash bags. it was white and very thin and glued on. you could peel it off and then when you were done working on the window motor stick it back on. hope this helps...mike mayberry

Helps a lot. I thought I saw a factory photo where you could see the white plastic, but wasn't sure if was a temporary thing to protect the door. Because I have speakers in the door, I may go with an acoustic mat if it is thin enough to fit under the panel. Although I may run into problems getting it off if I have to get back in there. Has anyone else tried a DynoMat type product on the door? I will also check out the acoustic foam. Thanks

Wasatch Cat,

The material that was under my door panel was a very dark brown or black plastic-like material. Like Mike “King” mentioned - mine was glued to the door.

The plastic on my doors was so old and brittle that I could not get it off in one piece so I ended up replacing it with some heavy duty plastic. The material I used was shrink wrap film for shrink wrapping boats for outdoor winter storage. It is very thick and durable.

I just looked but was unable to locate it, but I thought someone had a thread on using an acoustic sound deadening material in the doors. It may have been Dynamat but I am not sure.

The way the door panels are designed I think you could put sound deadening under the panel without much issue.

Devin

Devin, thanks for the info. I ended up going with some dynamat inside the door for sound and Tyvek + strip caulk under the panel where the factory stuff was for moisture. The stereo already sounds better, and it should keep the water out of my interior.

9138 has a thin plastic white translucent plastic and my door panels actually show remnants that the door panels must have at some point come with a very thin clear plastic over the front ... probably from the door panel co.

Ron