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PostPosted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:43 pm 
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Gday all, i need to buy L+R door skins for wind up window type doors for a 66 deluxe, does anyone have any advice on brands or preferred suppliers near Sydney. cheers tsb


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PostPosted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:46 pm 
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Go to Karcraft.

No one makes door skins for aussie winding doors....lucky for you it is pretty easy to get an 850 door skin modified.

All that is needed to to put more of a bend along the top and give it a bit of a trim so that it is shorter and enlarge the hole where the door handle goes. That's what I did for my new door skin.

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 29, 2009 8:56 pm 
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I think mini spares in Padstow has NOS leyland door skins in stock

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Or Mini king at Narrellan might have them too.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:03 am 
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yeh most mini shops have them brand new what doogie said.

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Karcraft only stocks the sliding window 850 ones, which are the only Mk1 type skins still made in UK.

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