Cracked doors on Mclarens

[XG332]

Popped down to a local body shop today, whilst chatting i notice 2 Mclaren doors being prepped.
I asked about it and apparently its quite common for cracks in the composite to occur when closing the doors too hard.
Also £5k a door!


Is this a common thing? They have had to replace doors before apparently.

Anybody heard of this before?

Edited by XG332 on Monday 11th February 21:39

[MarkP1973]

mine do it all the time.

[Raize]

MarkP1973 said:

mine do it all the time.

Same, I've got door cracks on several of my Mclarens.

[CraigyMc]

Raize said:

MarkP1973 said:

mine do it all the time.

Same, I've got door cracks on several of my Mclarens.

I thought everybody did.

Find one without cracks and it'll be worth a few bob.

[hornetrider]

Raize said:

Same, I've got door cracks on several of my Mclarens.

You too eh? I've got a stack of spares in my shed.

[nyxster]

The mclaren is fine,

I've got the space shuttle back at the dealers though.

Damn ceramic tiles just keep falling off on re-entry.

I didn't even get a courtesy shuttle.

[talksthetalk]

I made the butler replace mine out of his wages. I don't shut the door, I leave it open and throw him the keys to park it, so it must be him slamming it.

[CraigyMc]

talksthetalk said:

I made the butler replace mine out of his wages. I don't shut the door, I leave it open and throw him the keys to park it, so it must be him slamming it.

You pay your butler?

How new money are you?

[TheTurbonator]

I've had to have my passenger one replaced 3 times now. Stupid hookers, slam the door every time they get in or get out.

I could just go kerb crawling in the other car, but the BMW just makes me look like I have a small penis and even more desperate.

[nyxster]

TheTurbonator said:

I've had to have my passenger one replaced 3 times now. Stupid hookers, slam the door every time they get in or get out.

I could just go kerb crawling in the other car, but the BMW just makes me look like I have a small penis and even more desperate.

They obviously misunderstood you when you asked to smash their back doors in.

[Matt UK]

nyxster said:

The mclaren is fine,

I've got the space shuttle back at the dealers though.

Damn ceramic tiles just keep falling off on re-entry.

I didn't even get a courtesy shuttle.

[youngsod]

nyxster said:

The mclaren is fine,

I've got the space shuttle back at the dealers though.

Damn ceramic tiles just keep falling off on re-entry.

I didn't even get a courtesy shuttle.

That's poor service, who did you use? I took mine to Vandenburg and got a loan of one of those cute little Dyno-Soar things. Cancelled order apparently.

[SnipsSt]

The cracked doors on my McLaren made me think twice about using my porcelain Veyron as my daily drive. But I decided, what the heck.

[Captain Muppet]

Amazing replies, and so many of them!

Share these out amongst yourselves:

[JonnyFive]

McLaren doors at a non-McLaren Bodyshop?

Owners must be repairing it on the cheap.

[XG332]

JonnyFive said:

McLaren doors at a non-McLaren Bodyshop?

Owners must be repairing it on the cheap.

Mclaren approved iirc

[midgeman]

I'v got so fed up of it now I have a trade tub of filler in the corner of my garage 'personal car gallery' and I just slap a bit on when a crack appears, cover with grey primer A La Transit stylee and jobs a good'un








Think I would have a heart attack if I really did have one and this happened!

[alsem]

That's why I prefer my ferrari, watching cracks on a door is way more boring then seeing the car go up in flames!

[esso]

midgeman said:

I'v got so fed up of it now I have a trade tub of filler in the corner of my garage 'personal car gallery' and I just slap a bit on when a crack appears, cover with grey primer A La Transit stylee and jobs a good'un








Think I would have a heart attack if I really did have one and this happened!

I got fed up with using filler on mine,its too much like hard work,i find that just sticking some duck tape on the cracks does fine,mind you when i get it over 140mph it tends to come unstuck!

[CraigyMc]

esso said:

midgeman said:

I'v got so fed up of it now I have a trade tub of filler in the corner of my garage 'personal car gallery' and I just slap a bit on when a crack appears, cover with grey primer A La Transit stylee and jobs a good'un








Think I would have a heart attack if I really did have one and this happened!

I got fed up with using filler on mine,its too much like hard work,i find that just sticking some duck tape on the cracks does fine,mind you when i get it over 140mph it tends to come unstuck!

Just have them deliver another, man. What is this, pauper's lane?