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Old 06-01-2011, 12:30 PM
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Driver side door is not shutting consistently. I think the door is sagging, sometimes when I go to shut it the latch dont meet up with the pin, so I have to lift door as I'm shutting it. Other times it shuts fine, I guess it depends if I'm parked on an incline or decline. Included pic so you can see that it's starting to make a notch on my bar from banging off the pin. Lol Any help is greatly appreciated, thanks in advance.

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More than likely the door shell is cracked at the lower hinge. Happened to my passenger side door. I removed the door and repaired the crack with fiberglass.
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Thanks man, I wouldn't of even thought of that. I was looking at the hinges when I left work today and didn't see anything out of ordinary that I noticed. But I'll take a closer look and check for any cracks around the hinges.

How'd the fiberglass hold up when you fixed it? Just so happens I have some already, but I hate working with it. Lol
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Or the bearings in the hinges could be shot... Just look for movement in the hinges when you lift up on the door.
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Originally Posted by Bawlzout
Thanks man, I wouldn't of even thought of that. I was looking at the hinges when I left work today and didn't see anything out of ordinary that I noticed. But I'll take a closer look and check for any cracks around the hinges.

How'd the fiberglass hold up when you fixed it? Just so happens I have some already, but I hate working with it. Lol
Worked great, Its a pain to get it all done, I glassed inside and out. It shuts as if it were new.
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Yep, hinges are often blamed but fatigued fiberglass is the actual problem.
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Anyone take any pictures or can describe what/where exactly they braced with new glass...



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