defender doors

how to adjust them,tried everything,my drivers doors still a crap fit,this is the best i can get it,which is rubbish as i had to fit a extra seal to try to stop water coming in ,can i adjust it more ? thinking of fitting more shims on the hinges but then the bolts run out of length

Is it a replacement door? The only way I got mine to fit tight at the top was to bend it a bit where the pillars start.Bit brutal I know but it's a landy.

tottot said:

Is it a replacement door? The only way I got mine to fit tight at the top was to bend it a bit where the pillars start.Bit brutal I know but it's a landy.

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no its the original,how much did you bend it and did the window work ok afterwards?

Take the glass out and then bend the top in.

Or do as I did and remove the doors, lay them down with the tops raised about an inch, then jump on them ... remove the glass first though

Did mine much like Oldseadog pressing down across where pillars start but left the glass in wound right down.You need to bend it about twice the gap you are trying to close to allow for spring back.
Some kink's appeared on the inside base of the pillars but door cards cover them.
For a "proper job" you could cut,bend and then reweld the pillars if you want.

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Give it a good bend like has been said. Or longer bolts and more shims?

Did you recently replace your door seals? I had the same problem with one of my doors after replacing the seal with a new one from ****part. The seal would not allow the door to close completely and also played hell with the locking mechanism. Only way I could fix it was to put the old seal back on.