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Old 12-15-2009 | 02:34 PM
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A hole drilled in my passenger side suicide door . . .

Anyone have any idea why there would be a hole drilled in my passenger side rear door? See pictures to see what I am talking about. I have only owned the car for 2 1/2 months, rarely get in on that side so I never noticed it. There is also a little spot just to the side of the hole that looks like it has a plug or something covering another hole.
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Old 12-15-2009 | 02:37 PM
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Mine was like that too, just go to lowes and by some plugs, can't remember what size, but they were only .25-.50 cents for I think 5-10 plugs.
Old 12-15-2009 | 02:39 PM
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hmm thats weird never seen that before
Old 12-15-2009 | 02:42 PM
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maybe they were selling drugs on that car bro lol never seen it
Old 12-15-2009 | 02:43 PM
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Hey syntheticdarkness -- any idea why it's there?
Old 12-15-2009 | 02:44 PM
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I never looked at another to see if they had them too, but it's alot harder to see if they have the plugs in them, and there should be more then just one, at least on mine there was.
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I don't know, could be from machine's and how they were lifted, one theory.
Old 12-15-2009 | 02:56 PM
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Paintless dent remover hole; just put a plug in it.
Old 12-15-2009 | 02:57 PM
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If they have cheapo plugs in 'em, I'd suggest it was drilled for rustproofing.

(I know that door is aluminum....)

Sad, but that's how it's done.
Old 12-15-2009 | 03:03 PM
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Old 12-15-2009 | 03:06 PM
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I have em on both back doors, and the front doors, and where the back doors connect to the body, and the same for the front. I know when I worked at honda (don't say anything lol) they had slim holes in the bottom of the doors for that, so if that's what they are for on the 8, that is one big hole for that type of job.
Old 12-15-2009 | 03:07 PM
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pdr hole makes some sense but its kinda big dont ya think?
Old 12-15-2009 | 03:16 PM
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Originally Posted by rodjonathan
pdr hole makes some sense but its kinda big dont ya think?
That's what she said...
Old 12-15-2009 | 04:46 PM
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That's what she said...
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Old 12-15-2009 | 04:57 PM
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Originally Posted by EDZRIDE
Paintless dent remover hole; just put a plug in it.
That's it.
Old 12-15-2009 | 05:27 PM
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Originally Posted by syntheticdarkness
Mine was like that too, just go to lowes and by some plugs, can't remember what size, but they were only .25-.50 cents for I think 5-10 plugs.
Not trying to thread Jack just wanna ask if I could use those plugs to fill the holes that my spoiler left after I took it off
Old 12-15-2009 | 05:36 PM
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Seems rather big to me. I didn't know PDR drilled holes.
Old 12-15-2009 | 06:02 PM
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Originally Posted by CarAndDriver
Seems rather big to me. I didn't know PDR drilled holes.
They only drill when they have to and usually it's a small hole; one that big could have been needed to use 2 tools.
Old 12-15-2009 | 06:04 PM
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Originally Posted by Mr.We$t
Not trying to thread Jack just wanna ask if I could use those plugs to fill the holes that my spoiler left after I took it off
You could but do you really want to go for that look?
Old 12-15-2009 | 06:49 PM
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Originally Posted by EDZRIDE
Paintless dent remover hole; just put a plug in it.
+1

I work in a pdr shop. It can be done without drilling holes. You just have to take the interior door panel apart. It saves time to drill holes. Not the best way however.

Should have been plugged though. That's just careless.
Old 12-15-2009 | 06:57 PM
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Maybe there's money inside?
Old 12-15-2009 | 07:47 PM
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wow.... plug that ****.
Old 12-15-2009 | 07:49 PM
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Originally Posted by EDZRIDE
Paintless dent remover hole; just put a plug in it.
+1 Ding master
Old 12-15-2009 | 07:51 PM
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Like edz said, but if it's just a temp thing until you get another spoiler or fiberglass it it'll work, just buy some touch up and make them match so they don't stick out as much.

I watched pdr up here and never seen them drill, but that's here and they could do things a little different I guess.


Originally Posted by Mr.We$t
Not trying to thread Jack just wanna ask if I could use those plugs to fill the holes that my spoiler left after I took it off
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