Door Stops

Hello Gang, I have a 2002 VS flared and in the process of getting it ready for paint and I am wondering what most owners do regarding door stops. I would have thought that the manufactuer would provide something for this. I did however buy mine as a rolling kit and just assumed they did not include this. Do they use the rubber wedges that are on original 356's or is there another way? Many thanks..

Larry

Larry, There are two possible remedies: 1) attach the desired length of belt webbing to the door and body, or 2) use a pair of rear suspension rubber snubbers, as I did. Cut them to the proper length, i.e., how far you want the door to open, attach them to the forward hinge area with sealant/goop/silicone, and you're done. I think I cut mine to 2.5". The part # is SSH0019 from Aircooled.net: $14.95/pair. Aircooled's web site has a picture of the snubbers that makes their application easy to understand. Cut to length, and stick the flat side (that you just cut) to the interior wall of the door opening below the top hinge. The doors now open to the proper angle, and no further worries about dings. Regards, Jim

I snooped around Ace hardware and found some black rubber stoppers, they were about 1.5" in diameter and about 2+" long, tapered like a cork stopper...I don't know what they were for originally, but they are now my door stops and it set me back about three dollars.

It is one project that fit my skill level and my wallet.

I'm so proud!
MM

Check out Pelicanparts.com, they list them on "page 2".
They're designed for a 911, but may work on your car.

Thanks Guys,

I took the doors off today in preparation for the paint shop next week so while the doors are I went ahead and pre drill and fitted the original "wedge" style stops. It appears it willl work out just fine. However, if I had not had to remove thr doors the glue on stops would have worked just as good.

Larry

Hey Paul,

Snappy, good advice, I think I am just like you... Low on cash but big on common sense applications of day to day realizations of life! :)

-Charlie

My car has high density foam blocks between the front of the door and the body. This acts like a progressive spring to cushion the door when your buddy or girl swings the door open as if exiting a Cadillac.

As a new owner trying to work out the correct angle to go up and down my steep driveway I just discovered the need for stops ASAP. The bottom corner of the leading edge got chipped the paint about an 1/8".

Oscar - BUMMER!! Hope you can mend it with some touch-up paint!

Dan Palmquist suggested langka.com for paint chips. The web site has a video clip showing the repair process and it looks easy enough.So I'm going to try it out. Thanks

Easy way of repairing paint chips:

Super glue a small piece if 320 wet n dry sand paper to a Q' tip or similar item. Spin the tip in the chip area just enough to gently taper and rough the spot for the new paint to adhere to.
Carefully punch a hole in a piece of blue masking tape a bit larger than the chip and tape it to the surface. Dab a drop of the touch up paint onto the chip, letting it dry (and shrink) before adding additional dabs of paint until you have a dried repair that is above the tape surface.
Carefully with a straight razor blade flat against the tape slice off the excess paint....your paint repair will now be the thickness of the tape above the actual painted surface. Remove the tape.
Again super glue a small piece of 320 wet 'n dry sand paper to a Q tip. Lightly take most of the extra height from the spotted area.

Final step is to use a light polishing compound until the repair is hardly visable ....with a little patience, this works well. ~Alan

I'll try it out , Thanks for the help and I'll be more careful on my posts.