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Offline Buddy

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just want to vent about my doors
« on: September 09, 2010, 07:10:55 am »
I just bought an after market door for my 85 4x4. I am just about to loose my mind I had to walk away. The aftermarket door wont accept the vent window, none of the holes line up right. All the holes for everything are off just a tad. This is the first time I have ever done an aftermarket door swap and it will be the last. These things are garbage. Any pointers when doing this kind of thing.

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Re: just want to vent about my doors
« Reply #1 on: September 09, 2010, 10:33:40 am »
I just bought an after market door for my 85 4x4. I am just about to loose my mind I had to walk away. The aftermarket door wont accept the vent window, none of the holes line up right. All the holes for everything are off just a tad. This is the first time I have ever done an aftermarket door swap and it will be the last. These things are garbage. Any pointers when doing this kind of thing.
I hear ya man, I tried an aftermarket door but no matter what I did nothing quite lined up right (though the vent window worked fine for me).  After a few months I just went to a wrecker and got an original GM door instead.  If you wanna make this one work I think you'd have to elongate some holes.

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Re: just want to vent about my doors
« Reply #2 on: September 09, 2010, 02:20:06 pm »
One of the first things I do with an aftermarket door is make all the holes a little bit bigger. I also put a bunch of tiny tack welds on the edge of the hem all the way around. Where the door skin wraps around the door shell / frame.
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Re: just want to vent about my doors
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2010, 04:52:43 pm »
Who made them?