Idiotwithacar
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- VE S2 SV6
First Post, Ill do my best to make it clear.
Recently purchased a VE S2 SV6 and noticed that the Front Passenger door seems to have some panel gaps a little off. It looks like it had some work done on the door in the past (different colour hinges) so its been taken off at some point. The net result is that the bottom of the door seems to be counter sunk and the top of the door seems to be extruding a bit from the chassis. so if you imagine a line running through the length of the door from the hinges to the catch hook its slightly rotated along that axis.
My understanding based on what I've seen with older cars at least is that there are over sized holes on both the door and the chassis with a plate on the inside of the door that essentially clamps the hinge to the door shell when tightened so you can adjust to get the right fit.
Someone told me that this isn't the case with modern cars and that its basically a fixed position and when you bolt a door there's no room for adjustment.
That doesn't seem right to me, Has anyone taken a door off that can clear that up?
Recently purchased a VE S2 SV6 and noticed that the Front Passenger door seems to have some panel gaps a little off. It looks like it had some work done on the door in the past (different colour hinges) so its been taken off at some point. The net result is that the bottom of the door seems to be counter sunk and the top of the door seems to be extruding a bit from the chassis. so if you imagine a line running through the length of the door from the hinges to the catch hook its slightly rotated along that axis.
My understanding based on what I've seen with older cars at least is that there are over sized holes on both the door and the chassis with a plate on the inside of the door that essentially clamps the hinge to the door shell when tightened so you can adjust to get the right fit.
Someone told me that this isn't the case with modern cars and that its basically a fixed position and when you bolt a door there's no room for adjustment.
That doesn't seem right to me, Has anyone taken a door off that can clear that up?