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Old 09-13-2010, 09:46 PM   #16
E-tek Restorations
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Join Date: Sep 2010
Location: Central Canada
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Re: Door alignment issues

1. Make sure the doors are indeed correct.
- measure the length compared to the originals
- also, measure them against the door opening
- also, measure the top vs the bottom distances - is the hole square?
2. Shimming them will brings them back to meet the striker, but will also move them away from the rear fender edge - everything is connected!
3. If the door is too small for the hole - either it's the wrong door, or everyone ordering them is having the same issue. I would doubt that...

Q - did you replace the quarters? if you did and set them too far back....yikes.

If they are smaller than the hole and you decide to try and work with them (shim them at hinge or at striker), you'll either have to add metal to the door edge, or fender rear edge to close up a gap somewhere....

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