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HIM · 06-01-2008, 05:13 PM

Right now, My passenger side keylock is not there. So I was thinking about how I might be able to close it. What do you think the best way to do this will be?

Im not going to ever use my passenger side keyhole, so no I dont wanna go buy one at a salvage yard.

my handles are intact, just the keyhole = Empty. When I bought the car it never had a passenger door key lock.

white92_s13 · 06-01-2008, 05:16 PM

just hit a junkyard and get new handles w/ locks??

or if your set on shaving them off, then itd be wise to pull the door panel, get inside the door, put in a filler panel behind the hole where the lock was, ie weld in the panel, adhesive ect. then filler over that.

if you just slapped bondo in the hole it will crack and fall out 1 day.

**ThatGuy** · 06-01-2008, 05:17 PM

Welded panel > Bondo

New handle, lock, and key > Shaved

HIM · 06-01-2008, 05:21 PM

alright, thanks white92.
thats all I needed.

mod can close or delete.

burnsauto · 06-01-2008, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by white92_s13

just hit a junkyard and get new handles w/ locks??

or if your set on shaving them off, then itd be wise to pull the door panel, get inside the door, put in a filler panel behind the hole where the lock was, ie weld in the panel, adhesive ect. then filler over that.

if you just slapped bondo in the hole it will crack and fall out 1 day.

well it'd be better to get the metal as close to the original shape/plane as the piece you're filling.

using a washer can fill up a key hole pretty easily..and then just fill in the hole in the washer, with weld. smooth that out as much as you can (a grinder, or file if a grinder isnt avai.)

then after all that....small amount of plastic to smooth out the body.

infinitexsound · 06-02-2008, 08:49 PM

id just hit up the junkyard and pull the assembly and get some new keys made...

06-01-2008, 05:13 PM	#1
HIM BANNED Join Date: May 2008 Location: SGV (626) Posts: 384 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Body Advice Right now, My passenger side keylock is not there. So I was thinking about how I might be able to close it. What do you think the best way to do this will be? Im not going to ever use my passenger side keyhole, so no I dont wanna go buy one at a salvage yard. my handles are intact, just the keyhole = Empty. When I bought the car it never had a passenger door key lock. Last edited by HIM; 06-03-2008 at 04:07 AM..

06-01-2008, 05:17 PM	#3
ThatGuy Admin Asshole Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Retired Age: 45 Posts: 20,394 Trader Rating: (0) Rides Gallery: ThatGuy Feedback Score: 0 reviews	Welded panel > Bondo New handle, lock, and key > Shaved __________________ "Speak softly,..." -Pres. Teddy Roosevelt "Be polite, be professional, ..." -Gen. James Mattis

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infinitexsound Post Whore! Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: INtraweb Age: 42 Posts: 3,522 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	id just hit up the junkyard and pull the assembly and get some new keys made... __________________ S14 TrackSlut coming to a raceway near you... 510 TimeAttack on its way...

06-01-2008, 05:16 PM	#2
white92_s13 Leaky Injector Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: goodyear az Age: 36 Posts: 94 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	just hit a junkyard and get new handles w/ locks?? or if your set on shaving them off, then itd be wise to pull the door panel, get inside the door, put in a filler panel behind the hole where the lock was, ie weld in the panel, adhesive ect. then filler over that. if you just slapped bondo in the hole it will crack and fall out 1 day.

06-01-2008, 05:21 PM	#4
HIM BANNED Join Date: May 2008 Location: SGV (626) Posts: 384 Trader Rating: (0) Feedback Score: 0 reviews	alright, thanks white92. thats all I needed. mod can close or delete.