Sagging doors?????
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Drifting
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Sagging doors?????
Does anyone have this problem with their vette? I know that the doors are long and heavy, but I figured GM would have compensated for this. I am not quite sure if the doors are actually sagging, but I have noticed a wear spot beginning to rub on the drivers and passenger door jams. The spot is up near the top of the mating surface where the rubber door seal on the trailing edge of the door meets the painted part of the door jam. (Hopefully this description makes sense, and you can build a mental picture of it). Its a small area, near the top where the body of the car starts to bow out, that is what makes me think the door is resting on that area causing it to rub the paint.
Any suggestions to my not very clear question would be greatly appreciated. If anyone else has had this problem, I would also appreciate how you got this fixed or what the dealership did to fix it. I am guessing that they will shim it and re-align the door then repaint the rubbed part. The Vette is an 05 with only 13400 miles on it, so it shouldn't be doing this already. Thanks to all in advance.
Any suggestions to my not very clear question would be greatly appreciated. If anyone else has had this problem, I would also appreciate how you got this fixed or what the dealership did to fix it. I am guessing that they will shim it and re-align the door then repaint the rubbed part. The Vette is an 05 with only 13400 miles on it, so it shouldn't be doing this already. Thanks to all in advance.
Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by Abomination
any pictures?
Can't guarantee it, but I think this is what OP was talking about.
I noticed a while back, was going to take it in, but damage is done, does not seem to be getting worse -- think they 'settled, and stopped.
Still sux.
I may be crazy, but I thought I would wait to take it in until more people had 'em, the GM techs had experience, etc. I do not want them to munge my brand new car and make it worse.
Last edited by TrackNoob; Jul 1, 2006 at 08:30 PM.
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Drifting
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TrackNoob, the scratches I was talking about was straight up from where yours are. Mine are at the top of the door jam, right where the body starts to bulge outward. If I had a place on the internet to post them, then I would put pics up on here, but alas I don't.
Melting Slicks
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Originally Posted by DrivnXcitment
If I had a place on the internet to post them, then I would put pics up on here, but alas I don't.
No spam, no sign up, just keep 'em to 640x480 or smaller:
http://forums.corvetteforum.com/show...2&postcount=36
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