im having my 65gt coupe repainted and i want to get rid of the waves and small dents in the body especially the doors would it be easiest for the bodyman to install brand new door skins or work with exsisting sheetmetal its in perfect shape except for the noticable ''waves''
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If the doors are solid,it should be easier to repair.Door skins are time consuming and very hard to fit.Both doors on my 69 were reskinned ,It would of been better to buy 2 good doors than to go that route.
Exactly. Door skins are used to repair significant damage or rust which is more common. If the doors are solid, a good body person should be able to make it straight. Now, if the door is full of body filler and/or has a huge dent, a door skin may be better than piling on more filler. If you have never done a door skin, make sure you get someone to help that has done at least 2-3. I just bought the coolest tool for this off the Mac Tools truck. http://www.steckmfg.com/21890_SkinZipper.html
Way cheaper than the pneumatic door skinner
If the demo video is on the site watch that. THe Mac Tools dude ran it on his laptop. Sold. But on looking at the pkg, it has in moderatly small print that the head is good for 10 skins. So you have to get replacement heads at some point. Surely you can get more than 10 out of it, but maybe not 100...
I bought a pair of the whole door assemblies or shells from NPD last year. They fit fine, but were moderately wavy and required hours to get looking perfectly flat. (My original doors were rotted enough to need replacement.) Just something to keep in mind if you go that route.
I'm not a big fan of NPD either, but you will be hard pressed to get any repop door that does not need finishing bodywork, with the possible exception of an NOS door. Even then you would still most likly need some minor work.