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Just wanting to know what's best used to cut the 2mm trim board for the door/kick panels.

Hi again BU,
I am now led to believe you can get these panels.................
I went the long way and made replacements from 3 ply - scribed great lines into it and re-enforced it with panel filler - finally covering it with the material I used on the door linings and rear deck............... as I said, long way around.

check with Rare's - I vaguely remember someone in our club mentioning they were available .............

please post your result..............

the panel is a little tricky to make - unless you get some pliable material......
It sort of has a number of complex curves

frats,
Rosco

I have the trim board, but what is used to cut the panels out, stanley knife or such maybe?

Many years ago I bought some "verti-board" - it was an almost black cardboard with a waxy bitumenous additive - I made all my door trims from it - it sagged and bowed and I finally replaced it with 3 ply.............

I remember cutting it with a Stanley knife - it required quite a few runs to get through - I also remember it built up where the cuts were and having that bitumen waxy substance was not sand-able - I won't use it again.

I would suggest perhaps using a jigsaw with a very fine toothed blade - you will of course need to "back" it with something (old piece of ply etc) when you make the cuts - that should give you a fairly good result
I don't know if the material will "melt" if a power tool is used on it........

- there are many on this forum who are professionally qualified in this - perhaps they have a better suggestion.............

frats,
Rosco

One for Stinky maybe??

Personally I hate the stuff, but yes a very sharp stanley knife and always cut away from yourself! Almost lost a finger once
If you take your time and do many, many cuts instead of trying to do it in 2 or 3 cuts it reduces the build-up/flaring at the edges. If it does flare the best thing to do is trim down with the knife.

hey guys

dont rarespares sell them....

https://rsp-secure.com/rarespares/defau ... el=FB%20EK

for $36.00 why would you bother making them yourselves

matty martin

Thanks Matty, I am aware of RS but I prefer not to use them.
Cheers Stinky thats what I thought the answer would be.

If you hunt up a supplier that trimmers use you can buy 2mm masonite from them - thats what i use for remaking door trims and kick panels- use your original and staple or bolt the old one and both new ones together , cut with a jigsaw and clean up with a file.
Remember to set them up back to back so the rough side of the masonite is at the back of your new trim, the glue sticks to the rough side better than the smooth.

Nice information guys !

Can we get this into the interior section !

It is on my computer , Trev .

I shifted it Trev

Oky dok's then.

Blacky where in Perth can you buy 2mm masonite, rang a couple of places with no luck, they tell me the thinnest is 3.2mm - my son needs some for his project

Theres a mob over Ozzy Park way somewhere-any trimmer should be able to get it for you, I am on a minesite ATM (for a bloody change )
when I get home I will PM my mate who is a trimmer and ask him if you dont have any luck beforehand.