No More Slammed Doors

The doors should shut easily on the w123 chassis Mercedes, If they don't see if your door striker is missing this rubber piece. If it is you can find them here:
www.atpartsmotor.com/index.ph...
or here:
www.atomicmall.com/view.php?i...

[@redwire2364]

Doors can always be a pain once the hinges start to wear. Looks like the fix you found helped give them a little more life.

[@mjmcomputers]

yeah, they shut much better now.

[@seanmcbride5599]

Thank you so much for this. Start to finish with no grey areas. Big help, part ordered, wish me luck.

[@pamhannam3669]

Thank you for your video

[@stricht8]

Thanks for the idea. I just replaced a striker yesterday with an aftermarket Meyle, made in Taiwan and improperly machined countersinks in mounting holes. I didn’t throw out old one hoping that one day someone would make new plastic insides and they did!
Oh and BTW, paint your car!

[@mjmcomputers]

I may paint it one day.

[@juliegfoster1]

@@mjmcomputers Great video. I learned a lot. Now I need to fix the rear door that I have to slam VERY hard to latch.

[@germanchavez6674]

Thank you Sr. That's a big-big difference 👍

[@skykibo7289]

I know this is little unrelated, but I discovered that my car door would latch, but not shut upon slamming the door, it would only close fully when you would push it in all the way. The solution I discovered was that the door latch was gummed up, so I sprayed it with pb blaster and it worked good as new, thought that might help someone.

[@kuldipdhak7972]

Good job

[@kalfoogaltmimi5043]

Write a link to purchase repair wheels

[@user-wz2wv6bt4n]

How much are you buying

[@greenmarine5]

OMG!!!! thank god for fast forward

[@jamesbassett1484]

Great video. Do you have ant tips on loosening bolts like yours except that rather than requiring an Allen key, they require a Phillips head Screw driver? I haven't tried yet because I am afraid of rounding out the bolts. The challenge is that they require both inward pressure and rotation.

[@mjmcomputers]

An impact driver works well on these.

[@evakleenboss2473]

Can u do a video on the real reason a car door should not be slammed?

[@hyugasi1609]

What is the name of the actual piece you bought? The link no longer works.

[@mjmcomputers]

The seller listed them as locking eye repair kits. I found them on the sellers actual website and placed another link in the description.

[@hyugasi1609]

Thank you.

[@timcutler4708]

Thank you! Just bought a set for my 300SDL - $29.32 including shipping

[@adriannel6267]

Hi, i watched your very nice video and need the same on my w123 200 MT. 1981. My boot is perfect but the doors are bad. Greetings from Johannesburg.

[@Bouzoukiellas]

How are they holding up?

[@mjmcomputers]

Still working great.

[@maxmiliano7887]

Mannn. I got my passenger door closing and locking like it was in 83.
The drivers door I just gave up on. I have to close it alot harder than I like

[@Zillustration]

my question is; did you find out the plates aren't captured by trial and error... and a ton of frustration?

[@mjmcomputers]

actually I thought I had read awhile back that they were not captured. Pretty sure they actually are now but not going to test that out. lol

[@Slacksfifth]

Time to check the doors of my W201

[@mjmcomputers]

I bet at least one door is missing this rubber piece.

[@grizzladams]

Now that it's been awhile since you installed these, can you report on their longevity?

[@mjmcomputers]

Still holding up, bought another set for my wagon.

[@markpecce69]

The back plate will not fall down the door.

[@lorixlori5]

On those cars you need to close it hard. Same as G wagon. Door is heavy

[@hugogarcia5697]

Where do I find these robbers for the doors???
Thank you so much for the information!!!
Hugo

[@mjmcomputers]

There’s a link in the description to 2 different sites.

[@1967250s]

You need to lube the hinges and latching mechanism, and make sure the catches are aligned. Those pieces only cushion the centering pin.

[@mjmcomputers]

It's not just a cushion, it's what trips the latch to catch.

[@lindsayhengehold5341]

Slamming car doors aren’t fun & especially when it slams close on your body!

[@Jesuschristitsjasonbourne3]

You have bigger things to worry about than your doors shutting softly 🤦🏼‍♂️

[@mjmcomputers]

It’s a daily driver, drives flawless.

[@warriormanmaxx8991]

Hey @Noah H - do you go through life criticizing people who are trying to help others? Ehhh?

[@Jesuschristitsjasonbourne3]

@@warriormanmaxx8991 you took that as criticism when you could have taken it as constructive criticism. His car had bigger problems than a door shutting softly

[@Tiltywag]

Would rather have a car door shutting smoothly than to slam it Everytime. Slamming doors are annoying especially when others slam the door.

[@LonelyHeartsChannel]

Listening here make me go back to Scotty because the old guy talks fast and direct to the point. Sorry

[@ashikurrahman4595]

This car belongs to junk yard. Who use this kinda car anymore?

[@mjmcomputers]

It’s a $400 reliable daily driver that gets good fuel mileage.

[@frederickburrell3603]

The w123 is a collector’s auto used sell average $15,000 there’s one on the road with over 1 million miles on it it has the best built engine ever made for any car and is nicknamed dessert taxi because of its reliability in today’s market it would sell for around $90,000 dollars on it’s heyday it cost $25,000 because it was the top of the line for a Mercedes 1978 2 door coupe 280ce when you junk that car you’re driving now my 1978 will have about 700 thousand miles to go

[@kdawg64]

Clean your car. No one will take your video serious