Door gap help, not butt sag

My passenger side door lower corner sticks out 1/2" , but the rest of the gaps both horizontal and vertical are actually quite nice. What is the fix here? I can shim the upper door hinge and push in the door, then the top sticks out... So I'm
Not confident that just hanging the door any way will alleviate the problem. Ideas?

You are in the right area. (hinges) I had to play with the same problem for two days before I was satisfied with it.... Still out a little, but not scary.... I was thinking of splitting the door with a wedge shaped notch along the bottom and vertical (latch side) sides, pulling the panels into alignment and glassing them into position.... Whole lot of work.... Didn't think it worth the effort.

I am sanding my car right now and am expecting to do a lot of work to get my doors to sit perfect. Even at vintage speedster they were a little off.

It was suggested that I sand off the backsides of the hinges on my doors in order to cure the gaps in them. I did that, a little at a time, and it came out acceptably well.

In the case of just the trailing edge at the bottom, I'd suggest taking the lower hinge to the belt sander and gently doing the same thing. Pack a lunch -- it'll be a long process.

Before and after:

If I just push in on the bottom corner, it's flush and looks good elsewhere... I think the door is warped a little..

Are you set up to take a sliver out of the inside of the door? I wouldn't mess with the outer skin, but maybe the old heat-and-treat, coupled with taking out some of the material from the cross-section might make a difference.

Photo, when you get the chance?

We are doing a bottom right driver's door slice this week, it hangs way too far out to be able to resolve it with hinge adjustments.

Hi I have also have CMC and I didin

Left side how did you get it flush....hinges or ?

Alan

Hi Alan. We cut the door here are moor photo.

http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2379/10383610/21349201/350767662.jpg

http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2379/10383610/21349201/350768006.jpg

http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2379/10383610/21349201/378108768.jpg

And here are photo of the car to day like you can see he dont have CMC shadow like all the CMC car have at the left side

http://www.musclecars.is/album/data/816/IMG_5309.JPG

http://www.musclecars.is/album/data/816/IMG_5310.JPG

http://www.musclecars.is/album/data/816/IMG_5316.JPG

Hafthor,
The information and detailed photos are a big help !
Thank you! Alan

I actualy had to do that on the driver side i didn't like the hinge tweeks and had to buy another lower hinge.. but i had to grind it on the inside with dremel style die grinder to rough it up around the cut a few inches in all directions so i could do a good reiforcing fiberglass relay on the inside after cutting it.

Dusty and messy but its strongly repaired.

Guys what is an appropriate gap size for the lines in the car?

What shadow are you talking about?

Hafthor.
This is the most beautiful picture of a Speedster I have ever seen!

Thank you Troy this are great photo of my Speedster.

Keith here are photo I fund in cardomain if you take look at the rear part of the door it seams like small shadow on the boddy from the door. That is waht I didn

I understand now. Thanks for posting. What kit is your car from?

Talk about what you did exactly to get the door shadows removed. Can you explain a little more about where you cut? Did you have to cut all the way around the door or just a section. All these new ideas and now I want to put in the work to make it perfect.

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I know what needs to happen on mine now after reading about this... even my fiberglass guy said to just zizz wheel about 3/16" pie slice about 20" long and remold the door to the door skin.

Keith my car is CMC. here are the rest of the photo I have of how we made this door repair.

http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2379/10383610/18600848/399170288.jpg

http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2379/10383610/18600848/399170287.jpg

http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2379/10383610/18600848/399170286.jpg

http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2379/10383610/18600848/399170285.jpg

here is one moor photo of my car.

http://pic90.picturetrail.com/VOL2379/10383610/18600848/401518473.jpg

BEAUTIFUL work, Hafthor!

You are a craftsman!

angela

Your car looks AWESOME!

You can also grind a little off the bottom hinge. but try to keep it flat and smooth I used a 20 gauge shim cut from flashing on one of mine

Hafthor---that is one good looking Speedster. Congrats on getting it to tghis condition!