What size door gaps looks the best ..just dialing my doors ,, headlights

 

GMheritagecenter.com, Archives section, Vehicle Information kits, Chevrolet, Find your year Corvette, then scroll through the information kit and you'll find drawings with the correct "gap" measurements you are looking for along with how the doors were installed.

 

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Most body guys use a paint stick.

 

A loose paint stick..or 3/16 inch

 

I suggest you check your AIM, it has the gap tolerances for doors, hood, etc.

Agree, I usually use a paint stick and remember that if you are shooting for the AIM target gaps, coats of primer, coats of base/clear, etc, all subtract from your target gap. So, the more coats of whatever you use, the gaps will get smaller.

Hope this helps.

BTW, Nice Corvette!
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You guys are joking right? Door gaps on corvettes we're never to any standard. The book may have had a target to shoot for but darn few met the spec.. the earlier cars were the worst.

 

,,thats a car just like mine but not mine ,,70 big block same color getting mine ready for paint Its been a long road I just had a new fender put on and Im doing all the body work myself before paint they really hit you hard on the bodywork so anything I can save will help with the bottom line ,, Im good with glass and have been working on boats and gelcoat for years so I have a leg up in this area If I can do it myself at least I will have a sound mind that its done right and last for a long time

 

Me Too! I have some photos of what my 68 and 72 are supposed to look like when finished to hopefully inspire and motivate me.

Traveling the same road, ha! I can tell you the body work is a lot of work but worth it. I am finding out the actual spraying of the BC/CC is a tiny fraction of the time and work to get to that point.

Here are some info links that I thought were very useful
Body work:
68-82 Front Body Repair Guide CD Vol 3 (corvettecentral.com)
68-82 Rear Body Repair Guide CD Volume 4 (corvettecentral.com)

And for primer/paint, check the SPI website and forum, full of professionals happy to share and help, I am using all SPI stuff except for base as I wanted the OEM color. The SPI guys are great!

Automotive Refinishing | United States | Southern Polyurethanes

Also talked with a lot of folks that do body work and paint on Corvettes, some hobbyists and some who do this professionally. Each has a method that works for them and all of them enthusiastically support their method. I finally concluded there are a lot of ways to successfully body work/paint your Corvette AND there are a lot of ways for things to go wrong. Check out SPI forum, free and lots of great info:

Southern Polyurethanes Forum (spiuserforum.com)

Hope this helps and good luck with your project. A wise man told me once that anybody can start a project but it takes a helluva man to finish one!

 

So what's so amusing to you about what I posted ?

 

I did not even see this ,, must have been a pocket reply off my phone,, dont even know ,,, I did hit the link and it was broken sorry for the,, butt post no harm

 

Apparently white had no target gaps what so ever from the factory . I have two 1980 L82's , one black and one white both sporting original paint and body , the white car has no two gaps the same in the whole car , the black one is a beauty and a poster boy for great door gaps