Re: aluminum door panels

[Nathan Dana <phishy20_1@yahoo.com>]

Does it actually need to be strong?  It should just be fairly dent
resistant.  Also would the inside need painting?  Its not like it would
corrode.

Another advantage is since I can't get the darned tweeter out of the
panels, I would lose that weight.

Now I just need to find a sheet of aluminum (home depot?)

Nathan


--- Vee Dubb <Scirious@hotmail.com> wrote:
> If it were the same strength as the steel panel, it would be roughly
> 1/3 the
> weight.  If it's the same thickness, it would be about 1/6th the
> weight.
> Can't imagine it gaining you any more than about 5 lbs., but  I could
> be
> wrong.  Sounds kinda fun, though, and shouldn't be too hard.   I've
> made
> similar aluminum panels before, and it's no big deal as far as
> difficulty.
> Paint the outside and leave the inside unpainted for WOW factor.  Use
> an
> epoxy from devcon in the seams to attach it (available from Grainger
> and
> others).  Other alternative is to use carbon, but that requires more
> extra
> stuff and cost.
> 
> Sincerely;
> 
> Brian Haygood
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Nathan Dana <phishy20_1@yahoo.com>
> To: <scirocco-l@scirocco.org>
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 3:04 PM
> Subject: RE: aluminum door panels
> 
> 
> > Its already noisy...  No interior, little carpeting etc.
> >
> > I suppose it would be a purely cosmetic item then, but thats not
> such a
> > horrid thing.
> >
> > Nathan
> >
> > --- Aaron Ness <aaron@makuta.com> wrote:
> > > Sounds noisy to me.
> > >
> > > Aaron
> > > '87 528e
> > > '82 Scirocco
> > > '70 Beetle
> > > '82 Kawasaki GPz550
> > >
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > > [mailto:owner-scirocco-l@scirocco.org]On Behalf Of T Berk
> > > > Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 1:28 PM
> > > > To: Nathan Dana
> > > > Cc: scirocco-l@scirocco.org
> > > > Subject: Re: aluminum door panels
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Nathan Dana wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Would it make any sense at all to take a big sheet of
> > > > aluminum and make
> > > > > door panels out of them?
> > > >
> > > > Only _you_ can answer that one.
> > > >
> > > > > I don't think it would be TOO dificult.
> > > >
> > > > Prob fun really.
> > > >
> > > > > Would it actually save weight?  I think it may look pretty
> > > cool...
> > > > >
> > > > > Nathan
> > > > > 88 16v
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Nate. Consider what a door card weighs. (Vinyl, fiberboard)
> > > > Consider what metal, any metal, weighs. Think about it.
> > > >
> > > > Might look cool though.
> > > >
> > > > TBerk
> > > >
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