wanted 131 sport n/s door

[cypriot]

Hi Pawel

Please put me in at least two set of doors

1- Cypriot (one set)
2- Heini131 (one set)
3- 131 Lover (one set)
3- Bubu125 (two set) 

Hey 131rally I hope see these posts

[131rally]

Looks like there is need for doorskins. I visited my friends machine shop. He has 200 tonn press which Im going to use for pressing the parts. Its five meters high, two meters wide and one meter deep. Large enough for pressing door skins. I will start making the molds straight away. Its pretty harsh tooling, it will weight atleast 100kg..  But once its done properly I can have them pressed pretty nicely. The good thing is I can make them from any soft metal, aluminum, mild steel and so on, propably also galvanized and/or zinc plated. The nice thing will be also that I can have them done with, or without the holes in the middle of the door. For Abarth without and for the others with the holes.

And "Cypriot", they will be 2d doors. I have one pair of 1975 doors, and one pair of Racing doors. I will measure them both to see if there are any differences. The mold will be CNC machined so I should be able to make exact pairs for left and right. If I start straight away, I may be able to press first door in two months  

If there is a forum member who has been working in metal pressing processes, contact through PM, all help will be appreciated.

[Bubu125]

Hello, something known in the subject door?

[Bubu125]

[mirafiori76]

Bubu, why don't you try Tomasz (Walezy)? He produces doorskins in glassfibre. No rust  Or do you need complete doors?

[Bubu125]

I know it does with plastic but I am looking for metal doors to 131 I'm not building a racing version only civil and wants as little as possible to have plastic components.

[131rally]

Week ago I took my -75 door to 3D CAD pro, he will draw a door so I can have the pressings machined. I hope it will work out fine. Will take couple of months though, its going to cost a fortune to make them.

[cypriot]

Week ago I took my -75 door to 3D CAD pro, he will draw a door so I can have the pressings machined. I hope it will work out fine. Will take couple of months though, its going to cost a fortune to make them.

Hello,

Any news about door skins ? My vehicle will going to go the garage for paint next week if there will be aluminum or galvanized or standart metal I want to buy a pair set.

Please update us

Cyp

[131rally]

Yep, I have news. I took the door to a man who does 3d CAD files. The door was there for over a month and he didnt do anything. So, I made a lot of investigations and found a company which makes 3d scans for even car factories. I sent my best door to them yesterday. I hope I will get 3d scan and modelling next week. I will buy the CAD file from them too, so we will have  so good simulation of the door you can imagine  Right after I have all the files, I will order the stampings from CNC machineshop. The whole process will cost thousand of ?, but if I want them to be correct, there is no other way.

At the same scanning they will scan and simulate the whole door, inside too. So, later I will make the insides also. And the whole door too. Hopefully you can understand how slow these things can be. To make it fast it would cost 50-150% more.

Though, Im thinking if I should make something smaller first. The stamping tools are so expensive I wouldnt like to make them twice. I would like you people tell me what is something worth making? And smaller than door. Ive been thinking to make C-pillar as a test, but I will listen you people too. This isnt my first pressing, Ive been pressing quite a lot of stuff, brackets, cups etc so I have a little knowledge from what Im doing. But nothing this magnitude earlier, and not by this method.

[cypriot]

Yep, I have news. I took the door to a man who does 3d CAD files. The door was there for over a month and he didnt do anything. So, I made a lot of investigations and found a company which makes 3d scans for even car factories. I sent my best door to them yesterday. I hope I will get 3d scan and modelling next week. I will buy the CAD file from them too, so we will have  so good simulation of the door you can imagine  Right after I have all the files, I will order the stampings from CNC machineshop. The whole process will cost thousand of ?, but if I want them to be correct, there is no other way.

At the same scanning they will scan and simulate the whole door, inside too. So, later I will make the insides also. And the whole door too. Hopefully you can understand how slow these things can be. To make it fast it would cost 50-150% more.

Though, Im thinking if I should make something smaller first. The stamping tools are so expensive I wouldnt like to make them twice. I would like you people tell me what is something worth making? And smaller than door. Ive been thinking to make C-pillar as a test, but I will listen you people too. This isnt my first pressing, Ive been pressing quite a lot of stuff, brackets, cups etc so I have a little knowledge from what Im doing. But nothing this magnitude earlier, and not by this method.

Hello,

Its good to hear that you didn't cancel manufacturing door skins, door skins and complete doors are the most desired parts which enthusiast couldnt find and every 131 racing owner will need at least door skin if they want to keep car in perfect condition.

Please let me know when you are ready to sell door skins

Cheers

Ali

[nob555]

I would just check that Kevin at RSD in Yorkshire isn't reproducing 'C' pillars? I had heard he is, plus I think he's doing ali door skins.

[131rally]

Im well aware of both of these RSD items. Last time I heard the C-pillar was a partial piece for making 4d pillar look like 2d. What I was thinking was to make complete pressing of the original 2d pillar. That is a bit different thing. Forexample if you have crashed or rusty 2d C-pillar the complete pressing might be a better solution. And, ofcourse anyone can call to RSD for the parts, Im not telling you shouldnt. 

But, is there any other piece that is hard to get, and smaller than door?

[sid131]

Lots of panels are not avaliable i found it very hard to get a reasonably priced bootlid & bonnet for the ex green stink & only just sourced 2nd hand ones

[131rally]

The door is now scanned and I have the first file. Next week they will make the CAD file. Then I can move on.

[sid131]

So will you be able to supply new steel doors?