vs-lover
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Hi All,
I'm having a bit of a dilemma with a door change we've just done.
My sons car from the day we bought it many years ago has a bad dose of the body cancer in the typical spot of the lower left inside the Front door location.
I found a fairly good VS Acclaim at UPI that's recently come in and it was in Heather Frost and the left hand door was in perfect shape rust wise and also panel straightness. As my son is going to eventually get the car painted so he wanted another door with the same colour so it will only require a closed door spray job. This will cut out much work with the inside being the same as the car itself, also the donor car was only made about 2 weeks prior to the lads car.
We changed over all componentry as his door was electric while the donor was a manual winder unit and his windows have recently been tinted, thus keeping the original glass.
Now if you look at the photos and disregard the protector strip location which is clearly wrong on the donor door, I can't for the life of me figure out why the door is rather evenly about 2mm lower (front & rear edges) than it's predecessor. this is clearly evident with the style line down the middle of the door above the protector strip and also if you look at the gap between the door and the lower sill underneath. Compare it to the back door and that's how it should be.
Now for the life of me I can't understand how this is even possible as there is no adjustment on the hinges and the only factor is the hinge pins of which we used the original pins from the car / original door which fitted perfectly. I understand that a sagging door at the rear edge is from worn pins but this door sits evenly lower and that bugs me to tears.
BTW this is not the vehicle that I previously did all the work on due to the stuck lifter, that's the younger sons car with the same Heather Frost but is an Executive.
Any opinions or suggestions most welcome.
I'm having a bit of a dilemma with a door change we've just done.
My sons car from the day we bought it many years ago has a bad dose of the body cancer in the typical spot of the lower left inside the Front door location.
I found a fairly good VS Acclaim at UPI that's recently come in and it was in Heather Frost and the left hand door was in perfect shape rust wise and also panel straightness. As my son is going to eventually get the car painted so he wanted another door with the same colour so it will only require a closed door spray job. This will cut out much work with the inside being the same as the car itself, also the donor car was only made about 2 weeks prior to the lads car.
We changed over all componentry as his door was electric while the donor was a manual winder unit and his windows have recently been tinted, thus keeping the original glass.
Now if you look at the photos and disregard the protector strip location which is clearly wrong on the donor door, I can't for the life of me figure out why the door is rather evenly about 2mm lower (front & rear edges) than it's predecessor. this is clearly evident with the style line down the middle of the door above the protector strip and also if you look at the gap between the door and the lower sill underneath. Compare it to the back door and that's how it should be.
Now for the life of me I can't understand how this is even possible as there is no adjustment on the hinges and the only factor is the hinge pins of which we used the original pins from the car / original door which fitted perfectly. I understand that a sagging door at the rear edge is from worn pins but this door sits evenly lower and that bugs me to tears.
BTW this is not the vehicle that I previously did all the work on due to the stuck lifter, that's the younger sons car with the same Heather Frost but is an Executive.
Any opinions or suggestions most welcome.
