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Nevillerover



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Door card, alternative fixing method
Of course, half the fir-tree fixings on my door cards are broken and missing. Has anyone tried to do it differently? I’ve been thinking of drilling holes where each fir-tree is located and screwing the cards on with the screws threading into the plastic bushes in the door. I think If they were torx dome head stainless, it would look quite appropriate and be very solid.
Post #825609 15th Apr 2020 6:14pm
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Mdm



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you can do the drill and screw idea bu the plastic bushes will spin in the door. a better way is to rivnut your door and then use shiny bolts.
the downside is the door card is fairly flimsy.

i have seen them with fibreglass on the rear to fix them and add strength.

good clips work well for what they are
Post #825611 15th Apr 2020 6:25pm
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JoolsB



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I had a load of broken clips when I took my door cards off. I followed this you tube vid and it seemed to work on most of them.



Not the greatest bit of design in the world though!
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BogMonster



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You can slam some roofing screws through in a temper but the final finish is a bit suboptimal Whistle

PS. mind the window glass Big Cry ---
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Gasher



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The video clip posted by JoolsB is spot on I've tried it and its a very good solution.

Only one word of warning and that the door card has very little depth in some places making it difficult to accommodate a screw so I've had in the thinnest parts had to cut the screw down to avoid it piercing the vinyl.

All the the best

Gasher
Post #828002 27th Apr 2020 4:34pm
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