Greezy
08-08-2004, 09:05 PM
Im having a hell of a time getting the doors to align with the body lines. Ive been playing with shims trying to tweak the body. I have the drivers side door pretty close but the latch still wont engage in the pocket. Now the passenger side is a different story there is a good 1/4" difference in the body line. Ive shimmed it at the B pillar on that side so much I have a 2" gap between the subs and the frame rail on that side. Ive added even more shims but cant get to line up. Im to the point now if I can just get the friggin doors to latch Ill be happy.
The gap at the front of the door is so minimal I wont be able to manipulate the hinges to tweak the door in the direction it needs to go. The only other thing I can come up with is a pretty drastic measure and that is to cut out all the sub structure and start over. The body was channeled when I got it and dont really know how square it was when welded back together. That and In my euphoric state of seeing Visors chopped and channeled duece one night I decided to chop it too.
Heres where the lesson learned comes into play. All you guys out there who've built cars in the past already know this but Ill pass it along to the first time or novice builders such as myself.
Before you go making major body mods do yourself a favor and mount it solidly on your frame and make sure everything is aligned to begin with. I know it should be a no brainer, but sometimes (like myself) we can get over zealous and want to get things done before we are actually ready to do it. I have learned alot while building this car, and mistakes have been made that if I live through this build without giving myself a nervous breakdown, I damn sure wont make again. Thanks for letting me bend your ear...oh yeah any other ideas on getting these doors aligned would be much appreciated.
Heres the driver side
The gap at the front of the door is so minimal I wont be able to manipulate the hinges to tweak the door in the direction it needs to go. The only other thing I can come up with is a pretty drastic measure and that is to cut out all the sub structure and start over. The body was channeled when I got it and dont really know how square it was when welded back together. That and In my euphoric state of seeing Visors chopped and channeled duece one night I decided to chop it too.
Heres where the lesson learned comes into play. All you guys out there who've built cars in the past already know this but Ill pass it along to the first time or novice builders such as myself.
Before you go making major body mods do yourself a favor and mount it solidly on your frame and make sure everything is aligned to begin with. I know it should be a no brainer, but sometimes (like myself) we can get over zealous and want to get things done before we are actually ready to do it. I have learned alot while building this car, and mistakes have been made that if I live through this build without giving myself a nervous breakdown, I damn sure wont make again. Thanks for letting me bend your ear...oh yeah any other ideas on getting these doors aligned would be much appreciated.
Heres the driver side