Tim,

Chris has perfected this technique:

-take off the panels
-spray the back with a water bottle sprayer till nicely damp
-lay the panel on clean, flat cement
-lay some plywood over the panel
-put something heavy on the plywood
-let dry

I think that about does it.

Cheers,

Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM]On Behalf
Of Tim Demarest
Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 2:32 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Re: WANTED: Various washer/door/powerlock parts for '87 Vanagon

On the subject of these buckled door panels... anyone found a sure-fire
method of flattening them back out (or bending 'em slightly the other way
so they hug the door when clipped in place)?

Mine are all slightly buckled, and the slider panel is rubbing on the rear
wheel arch when I open the door.

At 01:25 PM 5/3/2006 -0700, Fuzzy :philippe wrote:
>- left front door panel (vinyl and velvet-type fabric on some sort of
board)
>(mine has buckled with humidity)