Got the door on the car, finally! Only mishap was the front edge of the door rubbing on the fender as I tried to get the hinge bolts in place No one was home to help. And a heads up for anyone else swapping pre- and post-facelift doors, the wiring connectors between the door harness and dash harness are DIFFERENT! Wish I knew this before, it added a good 15-20 minutes of fishing both harnesses out of the doors and swapping my '98 harness into the '95/'96 door. Other than that, everything works, window motor is a little slow, though.
And Ryan, the Peel & Seal held up pretty well overnight, no peeling or anything. I think it all depends on how well you first apply it. Heat up the metal then run the heat gun over the P&S and it's a bitch to get off after it sets.
I also put P&S on the inner panel as suggested. It's on the inside of the door, though, so you can't see it when the door panel comes off. I wrapped some around the crash bar, as well. On to the pictures.
I did not paint the door handle, just cleaned it up. Looks much better than the faded piece of crap that was on the original door.
A close-up of the matte black window frame on the front door vs. the stock frame on the rear door.
The window frame pops out a bit towards the top. Strange, since the body of the door lines up perfectly. Oh well.
And Ryan, the Peel & Seal held up pretty well overnight, no peeling or anything. I think it all depends on how well you first apply it. Heat up the metal then run the heat gun over the P&S and it's a bitch to get off after it sets.
I also put P&S on the inner panel as suggested. It's on the inside of the door, though, so you can't see it when the door panel comes off. I wrapped some around the crash bar, as well. On to the pictures.
I did not paint the door handle, just cleaned it up. Looks much better than the faded piece of crap that was on the original door.
A close-up of the matte black window frame on the front door vs. the stock frame on the rear door.
The window frame pops out a bit towards the top. Strange, since the body of the door lines up perfectly. Oh well.
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