My vin is 4512. I'm looking at putting a passenger door on my car from vin 1697. I'll take some pictures and measurements of my doors and see if there is a difference. I guess thats one way to tell if its going to work or not :) Erik --- In DMCForum@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Walter Coe" <Whalt@xxxx> wrote: > I have read/heard that there are 3 known versions of the doors. I don't > remember where I got the information, so consider this as urban legend. > > The first 500 cars (VIN 0500 to 1000) had longer doors front to back. After > that they made them shorter to increase the clearance. Other door versions > involved changes to the substructure. I don't know if the key hole size > between the one-key system vs. two-key counts as one of the 3 versions. > > > They also snag on > > the outer door seals. > > Yep, this has happened with my VIN 03633. I couldn't really see what was > tearing the gasket until I closed the door with the headliner off. There is > so little clearance between the inner door and the gasket that the door > grips it and then pulls it down sharply tearing it. I think a good > temporary fix would be to keep the gasket and stainless covered in some > o-ring lubricant. Rob Grady explained to me a procedure for removing some > fiberglass to make more room, but I couldn't follow his directions exactly > over the phone. I'm going to wait to hear it in person when he can show me > on a car before I go trimming fiberglass on my own. > > > I have seen another early car (#2292) where the > > head of the rear striker had been cut off to allow the door to shut > > quietly. > > I have ground down the head of a striker pin before for the same reason on a > similar VIN car. If the end of the pin pushes on the latch too hard, then > it has the same effect as slightly lengthening the latch's connecting rods > confusing the adjustment (which in this case made the latch jamb in the > 'locked' postion.) > > > The curve of teh roof section doesn't match the windscreen or > > roof either. > > I have seen this to greater & lesser extent on several cars. I think that > the variation I see has a little to do with the shape of the door and a lot > more to do with the adjustment of the panel above the windshield. I'll find > out for sure if I can ever find the time to experiment with the adjustment. > Having the T-panel too low on the front really exagerates the look. > > Walt ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> FREE Cell Phones with up to $400 Cash Back! http://us.click.yahoo.com/_bBUKB/vYxFAA/i5gGAA/HliolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: DMCForum-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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