Door pocket plastic repair help

[calidude]

Both of these are cracked at the screw into the door handle. Anyone do any repair on these or have ideas on how to fix?

[RSBob]

Fiberglassing them comes to mind, especially the one with the chunk missing. There are how-to videos on fiberglassing on YouTube.

[famoroso]

Bend some aluminum brackets / reinforcements.
Paint the pieces black.
JB Weld the reinforcements to door panels.
Drill hole through bracket from front of panel.
Reinstall door pocket.

[Big Dav]

Mine were similar when I bought my car. I used a Dremel to put a "V" in the cracks and used JB Weld Plastic Weld to fill it all in and bind it together. I sanded it and reapplied the JB Weld in any low bits and then sanded again. Finally I sprayed it with VHT Vinyl Paint and re drilled the hole. It's lasted over 4 years and is virtually invisible.

[smadsen]

One of the few times JB Weld has been recommended on this forum where it will probably work.

[calidude]

Thanks guys, sounds like I need to find some JB weld... like the reinforcement idea too as some serious stress on these from pulling doors shut

[Quasimoto]

I repaired mine with some small pieces of aluminum. But this looks like a better fix...

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F28 1495390132

[famoroso]

Originally Posted by Quasimoto

I repaired mine with some small pieces of aluminum. But this looks like a better fix...

https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F28 1495390132

I prefer fabricating the aluminum add-on brackets / reinforcements over removing the stock piece and reinstalling those new pieces. The add-on brackets don't require the partial removal of any of the leather / vinyl / carpet trim, drilling out rivets, re-riveting those new pieces in and the subsequent re-gluing of the leather / vinyl / carpet trim.

If your stock bracket is damaged in multiple areas, I could see a use case for the replacement pieces. All of mine were just cracked / split at the screw hole.

In my experience, 99% of the driver side and 75% of the passenger side door pockets inner screw holes are cracked / split in this manner.

[targa80]

I have posted a repair of the non plastic part of the door pocket using a mesh tape and jb weld. The same process could be applied to the hidden side of the plastic piece. Sand and paint black to cover the repair.