<div dir="ltr">If I recall when I did this, one of the rubber pieces did not compress enough because it was too thick or too firm. Maybe remove the rubber and see if it will latch clearly first. Definitely add lots of tape like Ron suggested to make sure without the rubber the door doesn't chip more paint.<div><br></div><div>Adjusting the hinges was super hard. It sounds like maybe you've already got that straight. Keep in mind that the hinge is in essence a wedge. So when you slide it in to the car, it will effectively narrow, pulling the door forward. Visa versa when pushing the hinge out.</div><div><br></div><div>Also, when these cars were first built, the doors and hinges were already on the car before paint. So there is bare metal between the hinge and door. When I had my Alpine painted, everything was apart. So there were at least 4 layers of paint and 4 layers of primer added for each hinge, which added so much thickness, I couldn't get it right. The door was too far back. So I had to scrape away the paint and primer to narrow it again.</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Aug 27, 2019 at 10:03 AM Ron Fraser via Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net">tigers@autox.team.net</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div lang="EN-US"><div class="gmail-m_-8510210423818900211WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Terry<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"> For the most part this is a PITA process – trial and error until you like the results.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">I like to put masking tape along an edge or edges so I can see small position changes.<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Good luck<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal">Ron Fraser<u></u><u></u></p><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div style="border-right:none;border-bottom:none;border-left:none;border-top:1pt solid rgb(225,225,225);padding:3pt 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Tigers <<a href="mailto:tigers-bounces@autox.team.net" target="_blank">tigers-bounces@autox.team.net</a>> <b>On Behalf Of </b>Terry Packer via Tigers<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, August 25, 2019 1:51 PM<br><b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:tigers@autox.team.net" target="_blank">tigers@autox.team.net</a><br><b>Subject:</b> [Tigers] Door Latch Adjustment<u></u><u></u></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">I'm having some difficulty adjusting the passenger side door strike to get acceptable latching, release and shut lines. With the strike removed, the door swing and alignment looks good. So it's possible accumulated mechanical wear of the latch, strike or both is at play. As the latch strike can be adjust for up/down, in/out and a small amount of rotation, before continuing I was curious to ask whether anyone can recommend a process for aligning the latch components that is more efficient than trial and error?<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Thanks<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Terry Packer<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">9470018<u></u><u></u></span></p></div></div></div></div>_______________________________________________<br>
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