Re: Doors

["Dave Swingle" <dswingle@xxxx>]

The proper doors shocks are only obtainable from any of the DeLorean 
vendors - they are a custom-made DeLorean reproduction part. Change 
them before adjusting the doors unless you KNOW they are less than 2-
3 years old. 

The original shocks have date-codes on them, something like 13-81 
implies 13th week of 1981 or similar. Reproduction shocks may have 
the date code or may be unlabeled.

I'll let Joe jump in on the doors, but in my opinion the adjusting 
procedure is vulnerable enough to mistake that it would be improper 
to verbally detail here. Best thing is to learn by personal 
observation from someone who has done it. Second best thing is with 
pictures. The cost of doing it wrong is high (window/roof/both).

Dave

--- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxx, alarmer1@xxxx wrote:
> Hi everyone, 
> Does anyone know the proper procedure on adjusting the torsion bar 
on the 
> doors, I'm trying to find out if I need to adjust the tension or 
buy new lift 
> shocks, the old ones seem to be pretty strong.
> I checked all my local auto part stores for new lift shocks, but no 
one has 
> any listing for a Delorean, found some that looked like a perfect 
match, but 
> I'm not sure if it is rated the same force as the Delorean part.
> TIA,
> Mike