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Hey i have a 92 Camaro 70k on it, i replaced the weatherstripping two kits fairchild and soff seal. soff seal being somewhat better. not made of the same foam the original was the new stuff is rubber instead of rubber covered foam like the originals. I have now replaced the bottom long pin and bushings with GM parts, and the top two small pins with a dorman kit that bolts together with a lock nut, the top hinges one of the brass bushings was fairly loose, but problem is since ive replaced the weather stripping, i cant get the glass where the a pillar and the triangle weather stripping to come up evenly to level out, i can get the rest of the glass even but not the first part. i had to remove the hinges to replace the pins and cant seem to get the top hinge to move up. even after loosening all the bolts on both top and bottom hinges. I also have replaced the latch with a gm latch, is there something im missing? im thinking that top hinge is just to worn out, the hinge on the door is welded to it and the hinge to the body is bolted. to give some history the drivers side has always been hard to shut, the passenger side is perfect. And when i opened it up it has been messed with before.

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Where is ur shop located any opening for a paint job 1970 Chevelle NO RUST already stripped to the metal.

excellent explanation

excellent explanation

You have to open the door and point to the hinges your referring to. There are bolts inside that jam that are northward, and then other bolts that point east or west. So we need to know which bolts affect the doors alignment

Awesome instructions

Where are you located at? I'm in Ohio...

Thank you!

I have a 1961 Econoline truck I remove the door to put electric windows in and new weather stripping on the doors had no problem till I reinstalled the doors I cannot get them to close all the way the pin in the hinges has a little play do you think that the weather stripping could be the culprit? as to why the door doesn't close all the way?( the old weather stripping was the original.)

This worked great on my 88 Mustang vert, fox. Saggy door. Got creative with a socket on bottom hinge and it worked just as you showed us! Great hack! Thank you. Will keep this one in my back pocket.

Fascinating and educational. Surely I am about to make my door worse but like you said, little increments and I may have success! Thanks for a great explanation and the X!!

Great video, hey I have a 68 GTO which I bought a trunk lid from franks Pontiac parts, well this newer lid sticks up on the drivers side, I'm a little squeamish hitting it as you demonstrated because i also have new quarter panels,, the original lid fits perfect but has a couple of rust holes,, do you have more tutorials on how to bend the lid? by the way the old lid when I flip them both over and compare when they are off the car looks flatter then the newer one when they are upside down,,, is there a way to flatten the lid when its off the car?

You got my cutoffs on!

Excellent video. Glad I ran into it. Don’t need it but I sure learnt something new here.

That was excellent information. I’m having trouble with the new Striker bolt . I have removed the front fender installed new door hinges , new door latch & lined up the door . The striker seems to be in line but it doesn’t always open using the door handle. It opens every time from inside the car with ease ? What am doing wrong?

Dr. Phil, great advice!

I have been told you can add some reducer and spray it through a regular spray gun to make the finish texture even finer/smoother. Have you tried this? I am hoping to have a fish similar to sandpaper. Thanks for the informative videos.

I could have used this video 2 months ago Phil!

Man, I'm still a little confused by the X movement. If the striker is still installed then I see the rotational movement on an axis from the striker to the non-moving hinge. Basically making a V with the tape from hinges to the striker. Without the striker installed I would think it would behave like opening an oven door. when you pulled the top out, the entire top of the door would move out and the entire bottom would move in, all pivoting around the lower hinge horizontal axis.

Hey you seem very knowledgeable about old cars I was wondering there’s any place I could reach you and ask you about certain issues I’m having with my 67 Galaxie

My problem is the door frame has been bent inward thus making the bottom 2 screw pins that are attached to the door not being straight out at 90 degrees anymore - I will assume I have to try to bang out the frame to straighten the pins from the inside of the door frame itself as opposed to this method you show here?

Thank you. That worked for me. My left rear door had some trouble closing all the way sometimes. I noticed it was out at the bottom. Now it's perfect.

how do I adjust up ?

thanks man!

thankuuuu!!!!

I do have a question sir. Replaced the passenger side door on my 1980 Pontiac Gand Prix. Both hinges and pins are good, Org, door was rusty, so installed a good used one. Door to qtr. panel and door to fender gaps are pretty good and it closes and opens ok. The whole door needs to be raised to align the top of the door {where the window sweeps are on top} to the body lines. In other words, there is an 1/8 gap between the window glass and the window weatherstrip when the window is raised all the way up in the closed position. I did not remove the hinges from the cowl, they are in the factory installed position. I only removed the hinge to door bolts. I was just going to loosen those bolts and either place a floor jack under the center of the door a little to lift it and retighten the bolts, or loosen the bolts, close the door gently and use an angled piece of 2x4 between the bottom of the door and the rocker panel to force the door up. By the way, the front fender is still on and in the same position since 1980. Will prying up on the door bend or damage the door bottom lip and or rocker panel? Any advice will be great. Thanks

First and foremost, that is a good-looking RED on the Pontiac. And copper trim adds class.

Copper. Projects looking good. Nice work gentlemen.

Copper

Copper definitely

Painted

God bless you

Good video. I took both hinges off. Bought new ones for 68 mustang. Do l have to take the front fender off to get the door correctly on? Cause fooling with the adjustment bolts is a bear!

Very useful explanation!

I need to raise my left door on my 73 El Comino. Please reply. Thank you.

How about got a big gap and sticks out a little i tried adjusting doesnt work

Excellent explanation! Thank you!

Very good explanation on door alignment .

Awesome man thank you

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Great job

No other video on youtube tops this one. Great explanation and thank you

Joke what policies did they mention that will actually help? JOKE

Got u that X did it

Panel bond extremely hard hold up

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What do you use to replace the lead afterwards? All Metal? Fiberglass? Lead the seam again? I’ve seen someone weld a constant weld using patch to bridge the gap. What is your opinion?

This was very helpful. If you are replacing a quarter panel would align the door to the rocker panel/front cowl and then align the quarter panel to the door?

Just replaced my driver's door that was damaged in an accident and the new door doesn't close all the way (maybe a bent mount). Hopefully this will fix it. Thanks for the video!