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Door alignment fore and aft?

The background here is that the passenger's side window has a binding problem. About 2/3 up it starts to slow down in both directions and it can be bad enough on the way down that it'll pop out of the carrier rail. Then, of course, it falls to the bottom of the door with a disconcerting noise.

However, if the door is open, the window travels up and down just fine. As an additional symptom, the passenger's door requires more force to close or it won't fully latch.

I always assumed the problem was the window frame alignment, but I also noticed this issue.

You can see on one, the window frame overlaps the door seal a lot more than the other. The one with the overlap is the passenger side. So it seems this is pushing the window frame out when closed. Also, the passenger door has a bigger gap at the front than the driver's.

Is there any way to adjust this? The car has never been in an accident as far as I can see. The hinges on both sides seem to have the same shims where they mount to the body. Yes, I've already adjusted the bottom bolt on the window frame as much as I can to counter this.

EDIT: sorry, pics coming.
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