can somone please tell me how i can get my doors on my defender 110 to fit flush.
please
Good one Ratty - made me smile!
Might be worth checking that the door trim panels are fully tightened - sometimes a helping hand with a self tapping screw is needed!
Also look at the lock striker plate - there should be a plastic tubular sleeve where the lock locates. These wear and can cause the door to not shut without a good slam, and to not latch as tightly as it should - Paddocks sell reasonably priced replacements if required. Sadly the plastic part is not replaceable alone.
sometimes new seals push them out a bit, so you have to adjust the stricker, If its at the bulkhead side there might be to many shims/packers under the hinges,
But it is a landrover they never fit perfectly, get it the best you can as long as its wind and water tight
I to have a 3/4" gap at the top of both my doors( two part series doors). I was thinking of putting a steel or ally spacer bar in between the two halfs to try and at least to get the door to touch the rubber at the top! The only problem I can see is as the top half goes up, the angle of the windscreen will make the gap very small at that point. I will have to do something though as rain is constantly running in.I took my OS door off not so long ago and the plate that sits inside the bulkhead dropped so i can only get 1 bolt in on the bottom hinge.
I now have, what is know as, ' air con ' in my landy albeit a 3/4" gap along the top of the door and it has a ' self opening ' mechanism now which is a pain when turning left...
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