Door warped on its own. ?????

[wallace18]

My wife noticed today a warped dent in my passenger door. No impact or anything to it. It seems to have done it by itself. Anyone else run into this?:confused:

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[AC Bill]

That is very odd..I don't recall seeing that problem posted previously.:confused:

Did you ever add any of that expanding foam as a sound deadener, and to make the doors seem more solid. If it was compressed inward slightly, and remained adhered to the door skin, perhaps it pulled it in like that? Any external marks on the paint, like something was up against it, or like it was kicked?

Otherwise perhaps heat & cold expansion, contraction? Must be some body filler in the door in some areas, so i wonder if it heats/cools at a different rate then just the fiberglass skin, and caused it to buckle, then when it cooled the buckle stayed?

[wallace18]

Just got off the phone with FFR. They had Tony and all the other body/composite folks look at my pictures and never had seen this happen. My body guy is going to go in from underneath and try to fix it. It just sucks because it was so laser straight just 5 days ago.

[wallace18]

Got my door back from Huegenics. We cut out the area behind the dent so the door panel would hide our work. Chris and Scooter from Huegenics used aluminum and panel bond on the inside to push out the warp and no painting was needed. Still no one has an answer how this happened. It was strange that the area of the warp was a different color inside than the rest of the door. It was plain fiberglass color while the rest of the inside of the door was red. No sure if that is what caused the problem but it was the only odd thing we saw. Hopefully this was a anomaly only on my passenger door. Anyway that Huegenics. I swapped out a wire harness install on a 67 Camaro Convertible for the door repair. LOL.

[ProJoe]

good news it was a semi-simple fix, this in incredibly strange.

[mikeinatlanta]

Got my door back from Huegenics. We cut out the area behind the dent so the door panel would hide our work. Chris and Scooter from Huegenics used aluminum and panel bond on the inside to push out the warp and no painting was needed. Still no one has an answer how this happened. It was strange that the area of the warp was a different color inside than the rest of the door. It was plain fiberglass color while the rest of the inside of the door was red. No sure if that is what caused the problem but it was the only odd thing we saw. Hopefully this was a anomaly only on my passenger door. Anyway that Huegenics. I swapped out a wire harness install on a 67 Camaro Convertible for the door repair. LOL.
Any chance you captured pictures of the inside?

[wallace18]

Any chance you captured pictures of the inside?

My painter did some pics but has not sent them to me as of yet.

[j.miller]

It's witchcraft I tell ya....only one thing you can do. Nip it in the bud...just NIP it.! Would be great to see pics and figure this out. Very strange...da Bat

[wallace18]

I finally got some pics from my painter. I showed them to FFR as well. It seems like the area not red was a puddle of resin that did not get rolled out. I admire FFR admitting of the error. Lucky for me it was fixed simply and cheap as well. Huegenics used aluminum plates and panel bond to fix it. With the door panel in place it was like it never happened. All's well that ends well, LOL.

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[GoDadGo]

If a picture is worth a 1,000 words, then what was the actual dollar amount spent on this repair?
Having built fiberglass boats in a previous life makes me have a hard time with the quality of the lay up of your door.

[wallace18]

If a picture is worth a 1,000 words, then what was the actual dollar amount spent on this repair?
Having built fiberglass boats in a previous life makes me have a hard time with the quality of the lay up of your door.

No money was exchanged. I put a wiring harness in a 67 Camaro conv. for them in exchange. I do a lot of wiring jobs for them and they cut me a break on my paint work. It works well for the both of us.

[mikeinatlanta]

It looks to me like that area was wetted with a different resin mixture and had little to no catalyst. It may harden over time but will always have a lower Tg so don't be surprised if you have future issues on a hot day. What I am certain of is that is has nothing to do with how it was rolled out. I know it's bad news, but the only way to really correct it is to cut out all the bad area and repair. That will still be easier than replacing the door.

If you ever decide to fix it let me know and I'll guide you through the process. Do not let a normal body shop do it, especially if they do a lot corvette or other cobra work.

[GoDadGo]

No money was exchanged. I put a wiring harness in a 67 Camaro conv. for them in exchange. I do a lot of wiring jobs for them and they cut me a break on my paint work. It works well for the both of us.

Your post really blew me away because I've seen things shrink up like this when you have a sealed open cavity.

Couldn't believe what you posted because rolling out glass, making sure it is properly wetted, is the first thing you learn when you start playing with the sticky stuff.

Glad It Worked Our For You!

[WIS89]

Tom-

WOW! I had a hard time understanding what happened with your prior descriptions, but that picture... Well, it really shows what happened.

I am so pleased that it was a modest remedy, and that it all worked out for you.

Thanks for filling us in with the details.

Regards,

Steve