4000 side molding

[Huw Powell]

> Second, note that when you take the moldings off, your doors will have a
> tinny, cheap sound to them.  My passenger side front molding is missing on
> my 86' 4kcsq thanks to the PO, and that door sounds like it is a cheap
> aftermarket.  It's the original door, nothing is loose in it, but it sounds
> like the door is made of tinfoil.  Friend removed all of his moldings, and
> all the doors sound this way.  Weird as it sounds, the moldings help to
> stiffen the sheet metal on the outside skin of the door to prevent the
> noise.

interesting point, and I believe it, though they are more likely damping
the doors than stiffening them. 

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Huw Powell

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