cutlass doors on a GN?

[ekafrawy]

I may pick up a set of doors from and 87 cutlass 2 door. These doors have side moldings down the middle of the door and a wide chrome molding on the lower portion of the dooe. My question is, are these just glued on or are there holes drilled in the door for them to be mounted?
I'm hoping i can just peel these off with a heat gun and then sand prime and paint black.

Thanks,

Eric

 

[forcefed3.8's]

The bottoms will have holes at each end, and studs running in between them. The center moulding should just be stick on.

 

[1BUICKGN]

You will have to grind off the metal studs and fill the two holes.

 

[kh440]

They will interchange, but you will need to do a bit of grinding and filling. The molding in the middle is most likely dealer added, and held in with pop rivets.

 

[Sam Colalillo]

Got Cutlass doors on the Buick. They had a trim down the center which was mechanicaly fastened to the door. Had to weld those holes shut. Photo of doors below which are now on the car.

 

[ekafrawy]

ok, thanks for the info. One more question. How do i replciate the textured look of the paint on the lower door panel. Its not 100% smooth like the rest of the metal on the door.

Eric

 

[Grumpy]

its rock guard ... body shop supply place has it

 

[mybuick]

all i did is not wetsand there so it looks like the rock gard.

 

[ekafrawy]

Which other cars had the same doors as the GN without the middle door molding and lower chrome trim?

 

[turbofish38]

Any Regal or Cutlass wide out the moldings. Those wide lower moldings were an option on the base models and standard equipment on the top of the line models. Heck they have to painted and prepped anyway. Why not use what you have?

 

[ekafrawy]

Yeah i think i'm going to do that.

Thanks