Hotrod door fitment

[RBBJ 32 HOTROD]

Has anyone used a heat gun to warm warped door? My front lower corner hits before top. If I could just bend that corner out a little the door would line up.

[sread]

Are you sure the door frame itself isn't twisted? On my gen 1 I had to tweak the frame but it looks like yours is a gen 2...something to look at anyways

[tony]

My driver side did this as well. What I did was shut the door. Loosen up the (3) door latch bolts. twist into place how I wanted it, and then retighten the bolts.

[FF33rod]

I tried something similar (heat) on the hood. Had it stressed and bent with ratchet straps and a heat lamp on it for the good part of a day. The fiberglass got darned hot, couldn't touch it. Let it cool, released the straps, no change. If it can be done, I'm guessing it needs to be a fairly new part not something that was over a year old as mine was.

However, for you situation, I don't think it matters as you have a very common problem. Alight the rear of the door first, where the hinges are. Tighten up the bolts for the rear hinge bolt guides, this will hold the door skin in the proper alignment on that end. Then as Tony mentions, loosen the 3 latch bolts twist the front of the door to the correct orientation and then retighten.

Note that this is different from Gen1. On Gen 1, there is a separate latch mount on the inside of the door and where that mount attaches the main horizontal door frame you put washers on either the top or the bottom to twist the front of the door.

[GoDadGo]

Suggestion #1....Could you pull it with a screen door support turnbuckle rod or maybe a pair of them in an X-Pattern?

Suggestion #2....Cut wedge or pull and re-glass.

[RBBJ 32 HOTROD]

Got the driver's door done this past weekend with help from a friend. 126909

[tony]

Is the door not clicked fully into place? looks like the entire front leading edge is sticking out a bit.

[AJT '33]

Got the driver's door done this past weekend with help from a friend. 126909

Make sure you adjust and fit the door with the seal, I ended up taping the seal from the bottom rear of the door to the top. This makes a big difference on your final adjustments and alignments once the door and seal are installed together.

[RBBJ 32 HOTROD]

Is the door not clicked fully into place? looks like the entire front leading edge is sticking out a bit.
It is flush. The white is from where I rounded the edges. Once the car is painted satin black you won't see it.

[RBBJ 32 HOTROD]

I will AJT.