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Old 12-22-2014, 01:53 PM   #1
Lowlyfe
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Repair or replace doors - 55/59

So with these trucks we find that most of our doors have rotted around the hinge pocket area leaving the door in serious repair.
As I see it, to fix the damage a guy has to cut the inner and outer door skins off and weld reproduction pieces back in place.
While I do have all the tools and have some sheet metal experience I almost feel like this job would be near impossible to get the doors to look perfect when I'm done.
On top of that, the cost of the reproduction parts with shipping vs. the cost of having a set of new doors shipped ($1200 is cheapest I've found?) I'm kind of torn on what to do here.
Both of my doors have other damage from hitting the fenders leaving the vertical edge wavy and creased which I see is somewhat common on some of your guy's trucks as well.

So those of you who faced this issue, what did you do? If you opted to repair the OEM doors, what is your skill level and how did they turn out?
If you replaced the doors with new ones, where did you get them and what was the best price?
I am confident that I can repair all other rusted areas on the truck but the doors have me a bit intimidated to be honest. Thanks for reading and any input would be huge!
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