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Door juts out at bottom
My driver side door juts out at the bottom front quite a bit. The rest of it looks ok. Does anyone know a easy fix or is this another Pandora’s box?
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03-27-2023, 07:38 PM
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03-27-2023, 07:45 PM
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yup, adjust the door hinge 3 bolts.They are usually painted so if you lose them i suggest to repaint them..in your case the upper too.Can we see them with the door open?
do you have like this since ever? Ivan
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03-27-2023, 10:23 PM
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You can also try adjusting the latch on the door jamb. This latch was designed to be adjustable, but it often rusts in place due to years of water, debris, etc. in the wheel well.
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03-28-2023, 04:20 AM
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Check bottom of front fender first. Might be able to move that out a bit to compensate, easier than screwing with door.
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03-28-2023, 04:59 AM
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The latch side of the door doesn’t protrude or go in. I just don’t want to end up with a door that doesn’t operate well after reading about door adjustment problems when toying with the latches.
Here are some more photos. I appreciate the help.   
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03-28-2023, 07:00 AM
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can i see the upper and bottom hinge? where the pin goes through?
Looks like you had some welding done on the door stop,right?This problem with the door usually happened when the door stop broke and the door went too far ,let`s say with the wind... the bracket inside the door is horrible..why don`t you get the repair kit for it?Or you have nothing to repair it with ,no metal left? here https://www.pelicanparts.com/techarticles/101_Projects_Porsche_911/74-Door_Stay_Reinforcement/74-Door_Stay_Reinforcement.htm
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03-28-2023, 09:08 AM
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I don’t think I have enough metal to use the kit.
Maybe I should try? Top hung first then bottom 
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03-28-2023, 09:30 AM
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03-28-2023, 09:32 AM
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Hinge area with and without tension
  I haven’t done any work on the hinge but PO may have |
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03-28-2023, 09:35 AM
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yup, looks like you do not have much room left,the door got twisted - opened too far.
But what you can try,you are crafty enough.Disconnect each hinge at a time and try to grind the hole into an oval shape,maybe it could give you couple on mm to play with the adjustment... Also get rid of this new type of door stop- they are way to strong.Try to get the old type ,which is much softer and not so hard on the door itself. this one https://www.thesamba.com/vw/classifieds/pix/8271303.jpg
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03-28-2023, 09:41 AM
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Thanks Ivan- will give it a try.
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03-28-2023, 09:44 AM
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Looks like somebody has already screwed around with it. Hinge bolts have been loosened, and hinges pushed in all the way towards driver. Repairing the door stay is not going to fix the issue.
Like I said see if you can correct the gap by moving lower part of driver fender out a little bit. Only other option is to make hinge holes larger and push in more or remove door and fix or replace.
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03-28-2023, 09:56 AM
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I may have a little more play to push in a mm. Man these bolts are hard to loosen.!
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03-28-2023, 10:42 AM
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Nah. It didn’t give me anything. When I feel energetic I will take it off and bring the holes towards the hinge pin a few mm. Thanks guys
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03-28-2023, 10:45 AM
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03-28-2023, 02:18 PM
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Apologies for stating the blindingly obvious but there does appear to be witness marks on the hinge plate indicating where the bolts might previously have sat. Is it worth trying to move it back the those places?
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It appears that your door was sprung or opened too far which pulled the metal and lower hinge out a bit. You can tell previous owner tried to compensate by moving hinges in as far a possible.
If your up to it remove door and see if you can hammer the hinge back down a bit, use a piece of wood between hammer and metal obviously.
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03-29-2023, 05:23 AM
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