weak door skins

[(92)cummins]

does anyone know how to beef up the door skins, i have good doors but they are flimsy

[oldestof11]

All new car nowadays have really thin material. You lean up against one and you hear "boom bimp". If you hear to boom but not the bimp, you have a dent!

I got nothing but this quote from Mr Sound Effects.

[(92)cummins]

well around the handle it likes to move and on my 90 it wasn't that weak and where the window disappeares the skins will clap together when u close it

[ellis93]

I've seen my 93 do that,thats why I close the door by pushing on the area around the lock.

[(92)cummins]

i thought i had heard of people who found a way to fix it

[cmann250]

I've seen a thread over on DTR about how to beef up the doors. I haven't tried it.

[(92)cummins]

alright ill try lookin over there

[oldestof11]

That was an inner door brace.

[Tacoclaw]

Well, since the door panel is bolted to the inner door then any strengthening there will help out the panel.

http://www.dieseltruckresource.com/dev/ ... 470p5.html

Here's one of the threads about it, it's about 2/3's of the way down the page.

[(92)cummins]

alright looks like something like that would work

[jerseybud]

This is the original link to the build for the truck from the link to that dtr site.
http://ramchargercentral.com/mopar-truc ... rig!!/850/
This page shows the handle reinforcements and he posted the beam reinforcement on the inside on a prior page. The lower hinge reinforcement in is there too.

[(92)cummins]

alright thanks, these doors really seem to love to crack around the outside handle

[KurtzN1]

If you are simply trying to reduce sound from outside, sound deadeners may do the job. There are aluminum backed ones that help control road noise.

[(92)cummins]

no i was trying to fix how the doors are so flimsy and prevent my doors from cracking like my other dodge

[(92)cummins]

i finally got around to welding some braces on the inside of my doors, just used some square tubing going across and a lil flat iron goin up and down, now theyre nice and solid like the old chevy doors