Anybody changed doors on an 89 Mustang? 

"Wrong Wheel Drive (41%)" (rduncan5678) 05/28/2015 at 20:27 • Filed to: None

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I’m planning on helping a friend tomorrow with swapping the rusty doors off his fox body stang for some much cleaner ones. Only problem is that I have no idea where to start really haha. Anybody have some insight?

XJDano > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 05/28/2015 at 20:30

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Step 1: open door.

daender > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 05/28/2015 at 20:30

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Probably need to take the inner door panels off to disconnect any wiring first. Then remove the door outright, hopefully the hinge isn’t rusted.

Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 05/28/2015 at 20:38

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Support the doors with something while you unbolt them, or you’ll drop them. Swapping the lock barrels over is usually the most awkward part.

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 05/28/2015 at 21:26

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There’s going to be a connector either inside the door panel or inside the kick panel. After that it’s a Fox body, so you’ve got two door pins per door...put your jack under there, pull the pins, and you're done. Also, buy new pins if you haven't already. The bushings get really sloppy and the doors start to droop. They'll close much nicer with new pins.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 05/28/2015 at 21:42

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He has the key from the donor doors. Pretty sure he just plans to carry both keys.

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > XJDano 05/28/2015 at 21:45

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Instructions unclear, door already has large enough rust holes to consider it “open” all the time haha

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > daender 05/28/2015 at 21:47

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Yup rusty hinges for sure. Hoping they are workable because I can't see how to replace those.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 05/28/2015 at 22:03

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If its anything like my truck its gonna be four bolts holding it on to the car and a few connectors inside the door panel for speakers and what not. The door panel should be held on with phillips screws

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > Twingo Tamer - About to descend into project car hell. 05/28/2015 at 22:03

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Yup, lock barrels

Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) > That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms 05/29/2015 at 09:47

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Should fenders be removed to access the pins?

That Bastard Kurtis - An Attempt to Standardize My Username Across Platforms > Wrong Wheel Drive (41%) 05/29/2015 at 10:24

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Nope, they should be easily accessible simply by opening the door. Gonna look something like the above picture.