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oooh nasty :(
here is a link to the work shop manual describing the acceptable tolerances :
http://www.aulro.com/afvb/local_link...&catid=7&id=83
I'm surprised that they have to start at the firewall and work out from there...that is a serious rebuild.
Worthy of a replacement vehicle I reckon.
Welcome Drew.
That all sounds very drastic. The door alignment is via slotted holes in the A and B pillars where the hinges bolt on and in the striker plates. There's a good (almost) 2cm of play in the pillar slots and the strikers should be shimmed if needed. I had to adjust the doors on mine in order to fit the checker plate to the sills.
The gap between door and A/B/C-pillar and to the sill is 7-11mm with the gap between roof and door of 5-9mm. This is the with a tolerance of +/-2mm to parallel with the sill.
There's a lot of tolerance allowed in a Defenders panels...
pm/email sent re possible parts
AAHHH Land Rover tolerances don't you love them;)
Mrs hh:angel:
The defender is ready to pick up tomorrow afternoon apparently every second defender sold has to have the doors adjusted, my front passenger was the worst they have seen for a long time, its just that it should have been done on pre delivery (not to worry) look foward to the drive home tomorrow !!!!