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    How to adjust doors to stop sagging

    My door is sagging worse than a rappers pants, and I was wondering how to adjust it to lift the back part up so it hits the latch correctly? Most of the time the door doesn't close completely causing my door chime to go off and my interior light to stay on. Therefore, I have to close it 2-5 times to actually get it shut correctly.

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    Re: How to adjust doors to stop sagging

    pull up on the bottom of the door you might not feel it doing anything but lift the car but it does. this will help for a little bit, and if you want to go the extra mile then after you get the door to where you like it, meaning each time you pull up youll have to close the door to see where its at. tighten the door bolts up some more. hope this helps
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    Re: How to adjust doors to stop sagging

    I imagine you mean the top bolts where my hinge is connected to the door, because I imagine if I tighten the bottom ones it would make the problem worse. My car is getting inspected right now, but I will try it when I get it back. I was thinking I may have to totally unbolt the bottom hinge and put some washers between the hinge and the door, if just tightening the top does not solve the problem. Does this sound correct? Anyone else have this problem.

    Also, I should mention, I did mold my sideskirts (drift) on about four years ago, and it there is a place where it slightly rubs from too much fill, but I haven't had a problem for four years.

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    Re: How to adjust doors to stop sagging

    if they are sagging the bushings probably need to be replaced that are in the hinge.

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    Re: How to adjust doors to stop sagging

    Go get your self a torx set and slightly loosen the two bolts on the latch/striker on the body. Tap it up or down to where you need it to be.

    Had to do this after I installed my st200 rstb, it actually stiffened the body up enough to put my doors out of alignment!!

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