Body panel spacing

Kisner · 04-03-2004, 01:33 PM

I'll give you 2 tips when you get around to installing the doors, that I wish had done. Before you hang the doors, definitely install the door jamb switches and sill plates (you can remove after the doors are hung since you probably won't have the carpet in yet and it'll need to be tucked under the sills). Me and a buddy of mine measured, measured, and measured again and thought we had the doors absolutely perfect. However, at the end of reassembly when I put on the sill plates they hit the bottom of the door at the far end near the dash. I ended up trimming off the end of the sill plate where it curves upward by about a 1/4" so they wouldn't hit since we obviously had the doors about an 1/16" too low (very small clearance there). Also, we were out on the doors about 1/16" too much and they wouldn't quite catch my door jamb switches. Switched from the small 68 switch to the larger 67 switch and it worked out perfect. Just 2 lessons I learned the hard way. Be careful also not to hand them too high or you'll be chancing the roof rail molding at the front will hit the top of the door. For everything to fit perfect, you have to be near perfect on aligning the doors. Guess I could've just removed the doors and readjusted them but we took the easy way out.

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04-03-2004, 01:33 PM	#3
Kisner Registered Member Join Date: Nov 2000 Posts: 290	I'll give you 2 tips when you get around to installing the doors, that I wish had done. Before you hang the doors, definitely install the door jamb switches and sill plates (you can remove after the doors are hung since you probably won't have the carpet in yet and it'll need to be tucked under the sills). Me and a buddy of mine measured, measured, and measured again and thought we had the doors absolutely perfect. However, at the end of reassembly when I put on the sill plates they hit the bottom of the door at the far end near the dash. I ended up trimming off the end of the sill plate where it curves upward by about a 1/4" so they wouldn't hit since we obviously had the doors about an 1/16" too low (very small clearance there). Also, we were out on the doors about 1/16" too much and they wouldn't quite catch my door jamb switches. Switched from the small 68 switch to the larger 67 switch and it worked out perfect. Just 2 lessons I learned the hard way. Be careful also not to hand them too high or you'll be chancing the roof rail molding at the front will hit the top of the door. For everything to fit perfect, you have to be near perfect on aligning the doors. Guess I could've just removed the doors and readjusted them but we took the easy way out.