Interior Sliding Door Damage

[ben5560]

I have this annoying damage on the inside of my sliding door, and holes where the idiot garage decided to use white furniture blocks screwed into the van to hold the window frame in.

I've removed those blocks and applied paint to prevent rusting. Now I'm wondering how to best hide/repair these dents. Are there any products that would cover this? I'm thinking things like van shades, or similar - and if not, perhaps I could use filler and just carpet over the door sills. I have the same problem on the tailgate sill

 

[Skyliner33]

I have this annoying damage on the inside of my sliding door, and holes where the idiot garage decided to use white furniture blocks screwed into the van to hold the window frame in.

I've removed those blocks and applied paint to prevent rusting. Now I'm wondering how to best hide/repair these dents. Are there any products that would cover this? I'm thinking things like van shades, or similar - and if not, perhaps I could use filler and just carpet over the door sills. I have the same problem on the tailgate sill


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Vanshades pod won't cover that at all unfortunately.

 

[ben5560]

I've seen full length ply boards, but then sadly I lose the ability to mount a storage panel in the door, unless I guess I cut a hole in the ply and mount it on top... But probably not enough clearance against the bodywork

 

[DXX]

I have this annoying damage on the inside of my sliding door, and holes where the idiot garage decided to use white furniture blocks screwed into the van to hold the window frame in.

I've removed those blocks and applied paint to prevent rusting. Now I'm wondering how to best hide/repair these dents. Are there any products that would cover this? I'm thinking things like van shades, or similar - and if not, perhaps I could use filler and just carpet over the door sills. I have the same problem on the tailgate sill


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Fantastic work, worth an entry in Review a Business to avoid others repeating the same.

 

[ben5560]

Fantastic work, worth an entry in Review a Business to avoid others repeating the same.

Not sure who actually fitted the windows to be honest, the van used to be a full panel van with an electrician, then was sold to Motorway. Then I bought it off a car dealer, who lied about fitting a load of things that I found were already on the van (by looking up said Electrician). Windows and carpeting weren't in there already - somewhere along the line these were done, both poorly....

... Took ages to rip the old carpet out and remove all the adhesive glue, fill in the holes etc. You can still see the rough metal edges hidden under the THQ plastic window trim. All on my list of things to sort!

 

[doncarlyon]

A bodyshop could probably pull some of it straight, then thin skim of filler to smooth it out. Then if you carpet it, you'll never know it's there.

 

[ben5560]

Fantastic work, worth an entry in Review a Business to avoid others repeating the same.

Not sure who actually fitted the windows to be honest, the van used to be a full panel van with an electrician, then was sold to Motorway. Then I bought it off a car dealer, who lied about fitting a load of things that I found were already on the van (by looking up said Electrician). Windows and carpeting weren't in there already - somewhere along the line these were done, both poorly....

... Took ages to rip the old carpet out and remove all the adhesive glue, fill in the holes etc. You can still see the rough metal edges hidden under the THQ plastic window trim. All on my list of things to sort

You can see the furniture blocks used to hold the piece of ply back on the tailgate:

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Oh, and what's really annoying is they didn't use the OEM clips to put the ply panels back on, no they just screwed into the van

Similar story with the rear numberplate, instead of using the OEM bolt holes... Screwed into the tailgate

 

[ben5560]

A bodyshop could probably pull some of it straight, then thin skim of filler to smooth it out. Then if you carpet it, you'll never know it's there.

Think I might have a go filling it myself, then sand it back. Then thinking perhaps use a rough dark grey finish on purpose to blend in with the carpet, or better as you say, carpet it - but it doesn't look like many people carpet the sliding door itself ??

 

[doncarlyon]

If you just carpet that strip, then fit a vanshade and a storage pod thingy... it should blend nicely I'd say.

Mine is a bit scratched in the same place, aiming to do something similar.

 

[doncarlyon]

Here is an example, it would just be the red part you'd need to carpet.

 

[ben5560]

Perfect, thanks! I've ordered some filler and I'll give it a go

 

[Sasquatch]

Filler won't help with those high spots.

 

[DXX]

Knock the high spots down with a small ball pein hammer or a punch before filling.
Carpeting what is effectively a dust catching shelf isn’t going to look good after a while.

 

[ben5560]

Newbie question - but what high spots? It is dented inwards??

 

[DXX]

Newbie question - but what high spots? It is dented inwards??

Looked to me like the screws pulled it up. Put a straightedge across the surface.
When a surface gets dented to form a crease there will generally be a raised edge as well.

 

[ben5560]

Gotcha thanks

 

[doncarlyon]

Sure it will be fine once it's filled, smoothed and carpeted.