David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
10/13/22 7:56 a.m.
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Hands up if you love finding a broken part when prepping your car for a big event. Exactly.

While getting our 1984 Porsche 911 Carrera ready for this weekend’s Radwood show in Lakeland, Florida, something brown and crumbly tumbled from our passenger-side door striker.

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Stealthtercel
Stealthtercel Dork
10/13/22 6:42 p.m.

This is from fairly late in that post: The steel blanks are laser cut, machined and coined on the backside to sit flush with the lock/pillar and shims,” Per explained.

I know what laser cutting and machining are; what's coining? (Google and Oxford didn't help.)

TIA!

CrustyRedXpress (Forum Supporter)
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10/13/22 7:36 p.m.

In reply to Stealthtercel :

Probably this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coining_(metalworking) 

Stealthtercel
Stealthtercel Dork
10/13/22 7:44 p.m.

Yup, probably that. Thank you!

 

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
10/14/22 10:37 a.m.

Yes, that. 

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
10/17/22 11:35 a.m.

New door strikers just arrived.

Details, photos and install to come very soon.

Toebra
Toebra Dork
10/17/22 5:33 p.m.

I will have to go in the garage and look now.  It still sounds like it should when I close the door.  

 

 

I need to do the outer door handle trigger, turns out magnesium is brittle.  Hello, Rennline.

 

Oh yeah, you might as well buy some of those now, it is just a matter of time https://www.rennline.com/eps-door-handle-pull-lever-trigger-sku-eps91153194101/

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
10/18/22 12:32 p.m.

In reply to Toebra :

I have been looking at the interior door pulls as well. If I changed them, I'd want to keep the stock looks. (And these do look stock.)

Toebra
Toebra Dork
10/27/22 6:53 p.m.

Never heard of the interior handle breaking, probably should not have said that. 

 

Oh yeah, you want to replace the power window switches too, pick up some of the funky Porsche clips for holding the door cards on when you do it.  40 year old plastic gets brittle, go figure.

David S. Wallens
David S. Wallens Editorial Director
10/28/22 12:06 p.m.
Toebra said:

Never heard of the interior handle breaking, probably should not have said that. 

 

Oh yeah, you want to replace the power window switches too, pick up some of the funky Porsche clips for holding the door cards on when you do it.  40 year old plastic gets brittle, go figure.

I believe one power window switch has been replaced but, yeah, should likely have fresh ones on hand. 

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