Re: aluminum door panels

["Peter Walsh" <cerksies@hotmail.com>]

Maybe you should keep a small wash towel in your car to stick over your 
shifter when you park it... Just a thought.

~Pete


>From: Anthony Pelletier <vwnuts@yahoo.com>
>To: Nathan Dana <phishy20_1@yahoo.com>, scirocco-l@scirocco.org
>Subject: Re: aluminum door panels
>Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2001 12:49:16 -0700 (PDT)
>
>
>
>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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