Door fitting

Post by **PAULJ** » Tue May 26, 2009 9:00 pm

Hi all, well I got round to fitting the doors today. Drivers side no problem but the passenger side not so well. Is there a way of moving the the doors forward as in away from the B post. Shims move it towards the post. The door is touching the B post. Anyone had this problem before.
Some advice, Fit the doors before the wings. I didn't

Post by **aupickup** » Tue May 26, 2009 9:06 pm

ok well yes doors first and fit the rest to the doors
there are several ways in which to move the door towards the A post
you can grind the back off the hinge a bit

or you can bend the door part where the hinge is, in otherwords by putting a socket on the hinge bolt and pushing the door shut will have an affect of pushing the door hinge in slightly

how much does it need moving

Post by **PAULJ** » Tue May 26, 2009 9:13 pm

Well it is just touching so a couple of mm should do it. Will the socket trick make that much up.

Post by **d_harris** » Tue May 26, 2009 9:13 pm

get out a big 'ammer

Post by **aupickup** » Tue May 26, 2009 9:46 pm

yes and yes possibly

Post by **PSL184** » Wed May 27, 2009 12:05 am

I think for the sake of a neat and pleasing appearance, I would thin the hinge down by 2 mm. You get this problem when replacing doors as they were chosen for "best fit" at the factory due to the variation in body and door sizes from new.

Post by **PAULJ** » Thu May 28, 2009 9:02 pm

Well its nice to know its not something I have done. I suppose to grind 2mm off the hinge would be an engineering job?

Post by **PSL184** » Thu May 28, 2009 9:08 pm

For it to be perfectly flat I guess it would be but you could get somewhere near with a bech grinder.

Post by **bmcecosse** » Thu May 28, 2009 10:17 pm

Or an angle grinder - wear eye protection!