Re: [DML] Re: Problem closing door (warped???)

[Christian Williams <delorean@xxxx>]

Mark,

Your car sounds EXACTLY like mine. Driver door is great, passenger door
hits rear striker, have to slam it to get it closed, etc.

I was just at the NCDMC meet a couple weeks ago and I had Rob Grady look
at the door for me. He pointed out that I have the earlier style striker
pins and that I might want to do the conversion to the later style.

I had never heard of early or late striker pins. It turns out that the
pins aren't different, but it's rather a method of cutting the fiberglass
behind the pin and shimming it a little more. This way you can adjust the
pin more in and out and up and down. Then you can get these little rubber
boots to cover up what you've done. There were a couple cars at the show
that had these boots, and they looked great. I wouldn't have noticed them
if it wasn't pointed out to me.

I haven't done the conversion on my car yet. It's in the near future. I
just have to wait until I get some time. Does anyone have any success
stories with doing this?

-Christian