How To Fix Cracked Plastic Door Panel

We show you how to use fast setting glue the correct way.

How to fix cracked plastic door panel.

If you want the repair to last you have to stop the crack. Be sure to fill it in completely and apply the putty as evenly as you can. To keep the crack from continuing we drilled the end. We had a pair of sun bleached plastic door panels from a 1974 dodge challenger that were in need of some restoration.

Brush the plastic slurry over the crack to fill in the seam. A crack will continue to tear the plastic unless you remove the stress point drilling does just that. Due to poor design and many years of strain it split along the handle line. Over time the sun eats away at plastic and eventually it starts to flake off much like how steel rusts.

I m sure there are better ways of fixing it but this is my way. This is done by drilling the ends of the crack with a small drill bit. With the acetone fully removed from the mixture you can apply the plastic slurry made from your scrap plastic. Dip a small paintbrush or swab into the liquid plastic and use it to fill in the crack.

How to fix an interior door panel that has broken tabs. Remove the spline and apply a liberal amount of wood glue into the crack. Cleaning the panel with wax and grease remover is the best way to get the part clean without damaging the plastic. If your door panels on your classic car are cracked no worries.

This door panel came off the straight axle swap blazer.