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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 02:27 PM
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Help with Driver Door Alignment (Pics Inside)

My door is sticking out alittle bit which doesn't bug me too much but the body line on the bottom of the fender and door is way off.

There doesn't seem to be much up and down movement now that I changed the bottom hinge pin but it is still way off in alignment, any suggestions? here are some pictures:
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 06:49 PM
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Re: Help with Driver Door Alignment (Pics Inside)

I don't think that's in your door. Look under the fender and see if it has been mashed either with a jack or speed bump or such in the road. Search for fender misalignment, There should be several threads listed.
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 07:22 PM
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Re: Help with Driver Door Alignment (Pics Inside)

Yepp, your right I just came to that conclusion about an hour ago. So...what can be done to fix it? Something as simple as bending the mounting point back down would fix it?

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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 07:36 PM
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Re: Help with Driver Door Alignment (Pics Inside)

the back i believe you can adjust the striker. are all the bodylines off inbetween the fender and door if so its probably a repop fender and will never line up right
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 07:51 PM
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the back i believe you can adjust the striker. are all the bodylines off inbetween the fender and door if so its probably a repop fender and will never line up right
The back I adjusted today it lines up now.

The front is off from the curve in the fender (mid way) to the bottom. It is an Original fender. I just need some advice on how to bend it back into shape.
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Old Mar 31, 2012 | 07:58 PM
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The back I adjusted today it lines up now.

The front is off from the curve in the fender (mid way) to the bottom. It is an Original fender. I just need some advice on how to bend it back into shape.
apair of vicegrips on the tab then loosen the bolts on the tab on the bottomand push the fender down and tighten up the bottom bolt
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Old Apr 1, 2012 | 02:25 PM
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Re: Help with Driver Door Alignment (Pics Inside)

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apair of vicegrips on the tab then loosen the bolts on the tab on the bottomand push the fender down and tighten up the bottom bolt
I bent that piece back in shape, loosened the top fender bolts and that bottom bolt. I had a friend put pressure on the top of the fender and now it is MUCH better. Another problem I found was the last clip in the wheel area was missing so I used a drill and put a zip tie in the hole I made in the bottom.

Thanks for the advice.
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