Door Assembly

PostPost by: William2 » Tue Aug 04, 2015 7:28 am

I am about to start rehanging my resprayed doors on to the bodywork of my S4 Elan. Is it best to rehang the doors in a completely bare state? What is the easiest order for assembling the door handles, locks and frames? Do you attach the locks and door handles first before the frames? Thanks for any guidance.
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PostPost by: jimj » Tue Aug 04, 2015 8:19 am

Outside door handles and locks first, then hang the doors, then slide in the window and frame, then the latch and connecting rods, then the electric motor, then the door cards, then the interior handles.
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PostPost by: AHM » Tue Aug 04, 2015 8:28 am

Paint the inside faces of the door black first.
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PostPost by: Elanintheforest » Tue Aug 04, 2015 11:48 am

And do the final alignment with everything in / on the door....it does change when fully loaded up.
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PostPost by: elanfan1 » Tue Aug 04, 2015 12:27 pm

Some tape on the leading edges is probably a good idea and maybe in the reveal too as inevitably you will have some unintended coming togethers.
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PostPost by: gjz30075 » Tue Aug 04, 2015 1:34 pm

I found my door alignment, even the bowed out corner, really improved once I bolted in the window frame
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PostPost by: Gordon Sauer » Tue Aug 04, 2015 7:10 pm

Door faces body color Gordon Sauer
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