You're welcome. The stainless just has to be stronger than the cardboard. Any unnecessary thickness just adds to the thickness of the panel.
The key to the success of this is using the same adhesive to glue down the dogleg seals. They didn't do a very good job at the factory. Bill Miller convinced me to install the seal, mark the edges with a thin sharpie and then do an accurate job of taping the outline, as adhesive will ooze out onto the paint. Using a sharp blade on the excess allows it to be peeled off without cutting all the way through to the paint. You don't want to breach the paint there.
I was not able to find anything that got the leather to stretch to it's original shape. I say the gloved would have fit had they been moisturized.
Frankly, the panel is trapped, top and bottom, and, it's held by a screw on the end, kind of overkill to add the clips. I'm not bashing, but overbuilt is not always better built.
Barry Wolk
Farmington Hills, MI
C5681126