[Peter D]

I was wondering if anyone has some bright ideas on how to securely fix interior door trim panels to the doors ?

I would like to make the panels easliy removeable - a local upholsterer suggested those horrid little plastic "christmas tree" fittings that you see on new cars, but I reckon that a few removals would see the holes in the f/glass become pretty ragged.

Given that I don't want screws visible from the inside, I figure the best way would be to mount studs into the trim's backing plate prior to covering - these would just slide into holes in the doors & have nyloc nuts & washers fitted inside the doors. (I am going to keep the main access holes in the doors open (carpet inside to doors) so that I can access the storage space without opening the doors - as is necessary with those hinged fold-down type of door trims).

So, the big question is how to secure coutersunk head bolts into the backing plates without using nuts ?

My thoughts so far have run to :

- Backing plate made from MDF, c/s bolts held in place by a thin sheet of f/glass in each side.

- Backing plate made from aly sheet, c/s bolts brazed in place across the heads (don't know if you can braze across s/s & aly).

Any other ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks & Kind Regards,

Peter D.