door skins.... mods feel free to move

Dylan-00Blue · Post by **Dylan-00Blue** » Thu May 07, 2009 11:56 pm

hey guys i have an interesting question how much would i compromise a door by cutting away a large portion of the inner skin?

BlackRoseRacing · Post by **BlackRoseRacing** » Fri May 08, 2009 5:08 am

the door is designed to protect you incase of a side impact, I do not recomend modifying it in anyway for street use

EVOneon2K · Post by **EVOneon2K** » Fri May 08, 2009 7:18 am

BlackRoseRacing wrote:the door is designed to protect you incase of a side impact, I do not recomend modifying it in anyway for street use

x2 neons already got poor side crash ratings as is.

excon · Post by **excon** » Fri May 08, 2009 7:55 am

i think he's talking about the plastic part of the inner door and not the bars inside the door itself.

LilSparkPlug · Post by **LilSparkPlug** » Fri May 08, 2009 3:14 pm

I would not cut a door skin or any of the metal in a door. What is the reasoning behind this? You're taking away structural integrity.

UNDERGROUND6T9 · Post by **UNDERGROUND6T9** » Fri May 08, 2009 5:44 pm

Your life...

Post by **occasional demons** » Fri May 08, 2009 10:56 pm

excon wrote:i think he's talking about the plastic part of the inner door and not the bars inside the door itself.

The "crash bars" are glued to the outer skin. Prolly welded at the ends. The inner sheet metal may not be much, but why risk it. If you reinforce it you could make a minor crash worse. What may have been just replacing the door, could result in worse injury for you, and bending the whole car, instead of the door.
My "Cat pwns Kaminari" thread backs up that theory.