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Old 02-17-2020, 09:20 PM   #5
Chris(NJ)
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Re: Driver's side door adjustment? Or Altman Latch adjustment

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Originally Posted by ndeep View Post
is it possible you have the striker plates reversed [ on wrong side] ?
I thought so too, but unfortunately not. I swapped them just to double check myself and the other one places the striker bolt WAYYYY too low. Like 1"+. I remeasured and it appears as though I'm 1/4-1/3" off, not 1/2 like I originally guesstimated.

I've never worked on door gaps and not sure I want to start lol. I honestly thought these were pretty good, but I guess it does hang a little low on the back side.

My thoughts for an easy(?) solution is to swap striker plates. If I use the passenger side plate on the driver side, the pre-drilled bolt hole will be at the bottom like I mentioned. That gives me a large area to drill a new hole up top without compromising the original hole as it was designed. This also lets me swap plates again in the future back to the original side if I ever get the doors where they should.

That make sense? Or do you guys think thats a dumb idea and I should bring it to a body shop to see if they can dial in the door gaps.
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