saggin doors
i was sayin that becoz when i open the doors, they usually sag a little and when u close em they come up a little. im not sayin they sag like all the way to the ground, but just enough that i can notice it.....wondering if anybody else has ran into this problem, if u call it one
My driver's door sags 
I'm guessing that the previous owner wasn't real gentle with closing the door, and maybe he liked to sit on when it was open. I've had several older cars (2 door) that suffer the same problem. I was at a dealership once and their solution was a floor jack - jack up the door and "bend" the hinges till it lines up again.
I was thinking about loosening the bolts and realigning it....silly me.
I'm guessing that the previous owner wasn't real gentle with closing the door, and maybe he liked to sit on when it was open. I've had several older cars (2 door) that suffer the same problem. I was at a dealership once and their solution was a floor jack - jack up the door and "bend" the hinges till it lines up again.
I was thinking about loosening the bolts and realigning it....silly me.
Hinge replacements are easy, don't bend 'em! Bending them is just damaging the car, its not fixing anything. All you'll accomplish is making the gaps not line up right. Get a hinge repair kit (pin, bushings) and do it right.
Originally Posted by Brains
Hinge replacements are easy, don't bend 'em! Bending them is just damaging the car, its not fixing anything. All you'll accomplish is making the gaps not line up right. Get a hinge repair kit (pin, bushings) and do it right.
This is the correct way to do it (my post was meant to be slightly sarcastic, but that doesn't come across very well with this medium.)
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My 442 had sagging doors but I bought new pins and bushings for the hinges and fixed them. It was simple to do and really didn't take much time. If something like this happens to my TA then I'll just fix it right the 1st time
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its my passenger that is bad, my driver side door dont sag as much.....i just hate that metallic clunk when i close the passenger door....i like having everything perfect......as a matter of fact, i need to get my seats done too.....any cheap places around dfw
