[friz]

I’m with you Eric. I’m pretty sure that I got them close enough not to leak, but I doubt they will be pretty.

[friz]

Probably a frame with some depth around the entire perimeter of the door would have been the best solution. my trailing edge bottom also has a bow in it that will need to be corrected. I figure, I will throw wood at the issue until i get something that works. I too have the floor stiffeners left over to play with.

[friz]

I was thinking the same thing

[friz]

I have yet to try it with the seal installed. I only did the mod on one side in case I need to go further. I’ll post when I know something.

[friz]

I have been on ebay all week getting the bits and pieces I need for my super simple 12v system. A couple items will be on the slow boat from China, so I’m trying to plan ahead a bit.

[friz]

I am considering leaving them off on mine. My fear is that they will get torn up in use anyway.

[friz]

Very cool! Now you need to do door latches to match.

[friz]

I found the issue with my door ”relaxing”. The door skin has actually warped the stiffener. I went ahead and cut the stiffener and applied a layer of glass to reinforce it. We will see if this works.

[friz]

Let me throw this out there for those that don’t need much electrical. I don’t plan on having anything mounted in my galley wall. I want that entire space for storage. I plan to mount my battery, fuse block, and ground bus to my trailer frame. and have my switch/outlet panel in a pod under my shelf. my wiring will come through the floor in front of the bulkhead at the edge of the floor and be tucked behind the headliner.

[friz]

My hope for doors without a strap may not be possible. My doors continues to relax over time. The bottom front is now protruding about 3/8th inch. I may try to cut the stiffener at the joint, glue and reinforce with glass. I’ll keep you all posted.

[friz]

I just stuffed mine full of thickened epoxy. I’m pretty sure my fillet was able to accomplish this with out the use of performance enhancing drugs.

[friz]

I made an angle finder with two rulers and a clamp and fastidiously checked the angle of the opening against the doors as I was sanding the stiffener into shape. After I glued and clamped the door, I checked the angle of the rear of the door and found it to be still sprung open a bit. That’s why you see the tape stretched over the bucket to the rear corners. Remarkably, the stiffener seems to be able to hold the shape of the front and rear edges.

[friz]

I also want to mention that I had to get really aggressive in removing material from the door stiffener to match the angle of the door to the opening. My doors had sprung open a bunch.

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[friz]

I am tempted to cut the flange off, let the bottom rest against the bezel, and glue it in with a fillet of silicone.

[friz]

Resizing seemed to help

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