Re: aluminum door panels

[Anthony Pelletier <vwnuts@yahoo.com>]

Watch out when you get in your car on a hot day!  I
have an aluminum shift knob and I can harldy touch
after parking with the windows up on a hot sunny day. 
Now imagine putting your arm on that smoking hot door
panel....  Sounds like it may look cool though
Tony

--- Nathan Dana <phishy20_1@yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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