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Old 03-05-2015, 04:08 PM
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Door jamb part. What is its purpose?

Can anyone tell me what these black rectangular plastic pieces are there for?
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Re: Door jamb part. What is its purpose?

Part of the system on T-Tops to make the body more rigid. Doors and frame should each have a wedge adjusted to contact each other.
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Re: Door jamb part. What is its purpose?

This was used for factory t-top and convertibles to prevent the body from flexing so much. I agree the plastic wedge will make contact with the metal plate on the opposite side, but there should be about a 1/16" gap when the door closes. It should only make contact when the body flexes. There were shims installed to give the proper gap.

If someone has the aftermarket C&C t-tops I would suggest adding these to your car.

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Re: Door jamb part. What is its purpose?

any idea where to buy these?
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Calidude, sent you a PM.
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Re: Door jamb part. What is its purpose?

Does anyone know where these wedges can be purchased?
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Door jamb part. What is its purpose?

I need new ones of these as well
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Re: Door jamb part. What is its purpose?

Summit sells them, they are used on all kinds of different cars. Or grab some from a junkyard. If yours are worn down at all you can take some thin plexiglass and cut some shims to put behind them or put some washers behind it on the body side.
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Re: Door jamb part. What is its purpose?

The later models were plastic, but if you get some off an earlier year they're metal. My '83 has metal ones.
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what are they called?
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Re: Door jamb part. What is its purpose?

I'm seen them called t-top door wedges or t-top door shims.
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Re: Door jamb part. What is its purpose?

GM also used them on convertible cars also.
My 72 Pontiac ragtop has them.
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Re: Door jamb part. What is its purpose?

They should be called "Hey GM put these here because the body flexes a bunch...go install SFC" Wedges. Hahah.

I remember seeing them on a bunch of cars last time I was in the junk yard. Its one of those things GM just produced a TON of the same part for a bunch of different models.

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