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by heavend
Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:18 am
Forum: Body and Interior (80)
Topic: Door Stay - SNAP
Replies: 25
Views: 5604

Door checks gone snap

I can verify that if the doors are forcibly pushed beyond the range of the door check, the bit attached to the car will break, and the front guard and door will be damaged. I got a very cheap red 480es that had been vandalised by a mad woman. In a fit or rage she inflicted the described damage, and ...
by heavend
Tue Apr 25, 2006 8:08 am
Forum: Body and Interior (80)
Topic: corroding window seals.
Replies: 6
Views: 1793

Corroded weather strips on top of doors

If you've got a deft hand with a Stanley knife or similar ("Box cutter" to our American friends) it is possible to clean them up. Remove the strips from the top of the doors. Turn the strip over so that you're looking into the gap where the top of door goes. Feel for the alloy strip inside the rubbe...