If you had £300 to spend on a new door...

[lcfmonkey]

I need a new door as my offside one is shot to bits. Complete new doors on JK and VW Heritage are about the £300 quid mark, my questions are; (1) are these new doors up to scratch compared to an original and (2) what sort of original door could I get for the same money from somewhere like FBi or MCJ?

Cheers
Monkey

 

[Fortunate Son]

Simon at NOS VW (rusty on here) has some rust free imports at the moment I think.

I would avoid "new" Brazilian VW stuff if possible - it just isn't the same quality.

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[lcfmonkey]

Cheers for that! I'll be on the phone tomorrow!

 

[Fortunate Son]

No worries. Good Luck with getting one! Simon is a great guy who knows his stuff.

 

[Jay71]

FBIVW in Swansea is another place to try...

 

[Graham L]

and Mark at MCJ Imports in Didcot

As above dont buy the new stuff as its not as good.

 

[rusty]

Thanks fortunate son for the kind words, i do indeed have rust free doors in stock.


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[lcfmonkey]

Hi Rusty
I'm going to double check this weekend which door is the most shagged, did you say you have some driver's doors coming in soon?

Cheers
Monkey

 

[rusty]

yep should be in early next week.

 

[SiDev]

I was in exactly the same position as you recently, I contacted Rusty for a rust free original, but as my bus has had new dog legs let in and had the doors reskinned I was worried about gaps, in the end I had my old door completely rebuilt which cost just under £250 including paint. If your bus has the original dog legs I'd go with Rusty, and as everyone else says avoid the new tin, it's not as good.

 

[lcfmonkey]

Awwww SiDev! I'd just got my head around ordering a door from Rusty and you go and throw that in! :lol: :lol: :lol:
I'm pretty sure the doglegs aren't original as the gaps are already all over the shop, plus the front end's had a smack on the corner at some point and needs straightening out. I've booked the bus in for the work and was going to present them with a new door so I'm thinking they can sort the gaps out when they weld in the new dogslegs.
It's never bloody easy is it!

Monkey

 

[rusty]