I get ya about the noise potential. But some things to mitigate…

The door skins have dynamat on them, so that reduces the noise to start. The cards will be covered by foam then fabric, so that I hope will deaden them. And the cards will be firmly held to the door with new clip, button, things .

I’ve been using a hand cut aluminum door card for a couple of years on the sliding door. Didn’t seem much different than the old fiber board card. Hadn’t even covered it. But it was held to the door with machine screws sitting in cup washers, riv nuts to accept screws in the stock holes in door. Was in very securely, didn’t oil can or vibrate.

Ab

> On Mar 23, 2022, at 9:25 AM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote: > > It actually sounds great. Only thing might be noise maybe conduct sound more then wood. But that can be resolved. And the Durability wold be awesome! > > Looking forward to the updates. > > ERic > > >> On Mar 23, 2022, at 12:21 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@shaw.ca> wrote: >> >> Eric, >> >> Why aluminum? Well… >> >> My door cards are quite worn and warped. I could try flattening them ( I did that on my old 82 van) but they are breaking at the bottom edge. >> >> I could buy the commercially available textured abs panels. >> >> I could buy some abs and cut my own. But the abs sheet is as expensive as aluminum. >> >> There was a sheet of 0.090” thick aluminum at work that was free for me. So obviously that’s the choice. >> >> Both abs and aluminum want warp with moisture, and I have an annoying habit of leaving drivers side window down when parked at home. >> >> I guess it’s also a case of “ when the only tool you have is a hammer everything looks like a nail”. I work with aluminum every day, I know the stuff pretty well now. If I worked in a wood shop I’d probably be cutting up thin plywood to do the cards. >> >> No, wasn’t the burned out van that made me cut the aluminum cards :-) >> >> Cheers >> >> Ab >> >>>> On Mar 23, 2022, at 8:48 AM, Eric Caron <ericcaron96@comcast.net> wrote: >>> >>> Why? >>> >>> Advantages? >>> >>> I guess they won’t burn. >>> >>> Having the burned van in your view constantly might make one want to remove all burnable material! >>> >>> eRic >>> >>> >>>> On Mar 22, 2022, at 11:33 PM, Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA> wrote: >>>> >>>> I finally, finally after a lot of procrastination, cut some door cards today. What I’m covering them with is a secret for now >>>> https://shufti.blog/2022/03/22/vanagon-door-cards/ >>>> >>>> Alistair >>