Repair or replace my door?

Hi, i have 0 body work experience, is there any way to repair my door, or do I need to replace the whole thing?

Cheers.

 

I would try to find a better door.

 

Agreed. The door and surrounding areas will need to be painted regardless of whether you repair or replace. Replacing will be a little bit of labor, fixing will be a lot of labor.

 

When there's that much rust showing, there's much more below the surface. Get a new (or newer) door.

 

Holy Crap! What does your frame look like?

 

Replace.

 

The frame is actually surprisingly good tiny bit of surface rust.

 

Right now i'd take lots of labor over 1000 dollar door. But its sounding like shes unfixable

 

Get a new one. The doors are easy to remove. Here's a ball park of what you'll pay if you investigate a bit.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/153614652510

Just buy a used shell and swap over the hardware. Easy peasy. Don't deal with the rust.

 

Would love to see pics to backup this statement.

 

Where are you specing a $1000 door? That sounds like a brand new price from the dealer. As the other person posted above, there are cheaper options. Local junk yards here would charge <$100 and I see a handful on craigslist for <$200-300. Most body shops will have their own sources for cheaper options compared to brand new from the dealer.

 

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I live in Canada i have checked a loot of junkyards and they all want 700+ for a single driver side door, none are willing to sell without the componests like window, handles, speakers,etc. even all the ones that come up in the states are mnimum 500 USD, i would shit a brick if i found a door for 100.

 

USD converted to CAD plus shipping and even if i paint it myself, its gonna be pretty close to the same price of 800 up here

 

Didn't know you were in canada, that changes things a bit. Sooorry about that and best of luck to you sir

Edit: maybe look in Washington? (Or what ever state you border) Maybe do a day trip to pick one up? Just a thought. Is the border still closed up there?

 

The only rust on the whole truck is on that door and a tiny bit of bubbling on the door behind it and the underside of the back bumper thats getting replaced by a coastal customs anyway, the frame was even inspected by toyota not too long ago for the recall inspection, i had it on the hoist a few days ago and it may be 12 years old but its in beautiful shape.

 

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Not sure if theyd let me through the boarder even if i had a passport what with covid and all, but that was a plan, but even on the auto parts site that lists all the scrapyards even the american yards want 550 USD for a color matched, that's 726 CAD

 

appreciate the assistance though! Im gonna keep an eye on ebay

 

doors are cheep, dont waste your time on it. buy a door from cali and have it shipped
i been restoring a mustang, and its better just to replace the panel vs cutting and welding patch panels

 

You did your homework for sure. The last thing I could think of is to just take a stab it. Learn everything you can to fix it. Might save you money going that route. Maybe one of the other members can point you in the right direction. Best of luck friend