Body Fitting Journey Continues - Questions about door alignment (no surprise)

[mlewis]

All,

I continue working my body install/fitting.

I successfully hung/fit the PS door (with a question below).

Working on the infamous DS door fit/alignment. I thought I had if all prep'd and figured out with all the treads /posts I've read. However when you go to do it your self it gets real.

So in trying to line it up the the door the best I can before I trim it, I it seems impossible to get the upper door radius (smaller) to line up with the body radius then adjust to "align" to the body. I tried to capture what I am referring to in the following pic:

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Saw a similar (but less pronounced) issue with the PS door

Is this normal and can be addressed during body work (i.e. knocked down) ?

Thanks as always

[Jeff Kleiner]

They’re all like that. If your bodywork is done properly it’s addressed at that time.

Jeff

[mlewis]

Thank Jeff (as usual).

I’m curious, does this get built up on the body’s or removed from the door or both ?

[Jeff Kleiner]

Thank Jeff (as usual).

I’m curious, does this get built up on the body’s or removed from the door or both ?

They say a picture is worth a thousand words so here's 2,000 ;)

This:

https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=140856&d=1610977759

Becomes this:

https://thefactoryfiveforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=140865&d=1610978229


Cheers,
Jeff



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[mlewis]

They say a picture is worth a thousand words

that they are ...

Thanks !!

Seems to me I will want to minimize the mismatch of the radius at the tradeoff of slight lowering the door extension/transition section that extends to the dash (as I see you filled this area of the door to meet the body)