Well, I figured I would get myself a couple RS door panels from Performance to try out for a while and put my very nice original S panels into storage.

Problem is, I have read that I have to cut a 1” or so hole in the door inner sheetmetal for the strap to get to the mechanism attachment. YIKES!! I really have a hard time with drilling holes in sheetmetal!

Is there any way around this? Am I being too anal? (My very original car has been violated in several minor places already by POs).

Do the newer RS doors with the small finger loop work on early cars? If so, do they require drilling?

Looking for some advice and opinions from the wise ones.

THANKS