Sliding Door Rail

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Sliding Door Rail

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Does anyone know where to get a replacement sliding door centre rail.
Mine is really rusty, solid but rusty.. got the panel to go behind, thanks Mike, but am not sure if the rail would weld, it's that pitted.
Can buy new for £50, which seems costly for a bit of channel!!

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I have the panel to go behind the rail also. Mike mentioned there is a fool proof way to fit them. Don't suppose he shared this with you did he as this is my next job :ok
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Dont turn your nose up at £50 for the rail, its a heavy duty part and vw only have a low stock of the RHD part. They have sold out of the LHD part . The only alternative is second hand and they will have wear and rust issues aswell.
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multisi wrote:Dont turn your nose up at £50 for the rail, its a heavy duty part and vw only have a low stock of the RHD part. They have sold out of the LHD part . The only alternative is second hand and they will have wear and rust issues aswell.
Hi,

Never turn my nose up at quality parts, always better in the long run for sure ;)
Just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing something...!!

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Hi. Did you fit the panel supplied by Mike? Any tips on how to fit it as Mike said there is a way but he has gone off the grid :-)

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mshaw1980 wrote:Hi. Did you fit the panel supplied by Mike? Any tips on how to fit it as Mike said there is a way but he has gone off the grid :-)

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Hi,
Not fitted yet, am still on with the lower parts of the van :(

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100leelee wrote:
mshaw1980 wrote:Hi. Did you fit the panel supplied by Mike? Any tips on how to fit it as Mike said there is a way but he has gone off the grid :-)

Cheers


Hi,
Not fitted yet, am still on with the lower parts of the van :(


Plan to measure to the profile of the panel, may drill so location holes to align the rail and panel when offering back to the van. Will definitely weld the rail to the panel before fitting the panel..
Should be straightforward..
Will be easier than these inner sills ;)

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I've done several & never welded rail to panel before fitting tbh
Would rather line up rail after panel welded on.
Take lots of measurements, ie from gutter to rail

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restoman wrote:I've done several & never welded rail to panel before fitting tbh
Would rather line up rail after panel welded on.
Take lots of measurements, ie from gutter to rail


Ok, always better to listen to people who have done before..!!

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Restoman. Any more secrets to fitting that panel behind the sliding door rail. Looks as though it could be tricky. :ok
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Hi there all ,

i too have had that problem i have replaced the panel ill post up some pics of how i went about it ,

when i removed the sliding rail by drilling out the spots along it in two or three of the spots i drilled straight though , to enable me to put it back in the same position .

as you will see from the pic i also had to repair the window frame above , i had found a rust free early replacement sliding door . my original door was well past it , so i cut a section from the window frame of the sliding door and used that to repair the window frame :ok

ill try post up the pics
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first three of the cutting out
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hope these help sorry for so many ! :?
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this last one is all back together i reused the rail after cleaning it up treating the rust and then the plan was to seam seal along the top edge
this last one is all back together i reused the rail after cleaning it up treating the rust and then the plan was to seam seal along the top edge
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Itsblue wrote:hope these help sorry for so many ! :?


These are great... will save loads of time!!
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