Thread: Why cant people use the door handles?

Chris, good luck finding one without a few, err, character lines.

Remember that anything pre Tdci uses aluminium door skins that ding just from a light breeze too.

My ex used to say that the Defender is born middle aged as it comes from the factory with cellulite.
She was a Patrol driver though.

I dont mind character marks, but even if the doors where steel pushing the panel shut especially if the door does not shut correctly the first time will dent the door. If I find a good car like this I will fix the panel it will not be a deal breaker for sure, I just cant understand why people do it.
Chris

I paid the 50k+ for it, i'll shut the doors however and as hard as i like

Originally Posted by komaterpillar

I paid the 50k+ for it, i'll shut the doors however and as hard as i like

Not twice on my car you wouldnt, part of the problem people do it on other peoples cars too.. Bit like those in supermarkets who open their doors and slam into your door, they may not care about their car but it is bang out of order damaging someone else's.
Chris
Edit.. And why would anyone do something that is obviously damaging their gear/car whatever it is. You see what you are doing is causing damage you need to be some kind of idiot to keep doing it when there is a handle so close by and what it is there for..We go off roading and damage are trucks doing what they are designed for, dings and bumps arrive with normal use, but why do something that for sure causes damage? You may as well buy the car new and hit all the doors with a hammer over the handle to get that flat spot started.

How do you close the bonnet on your vehicles?

i discovered recently that the technique I had been using for about 40 years without incident is the wrong way to do it.

Originally Posted by vnx205

How do you close the bonnet on your vehicles?

i discovered recently that the technique I had been using for about 40 years without incident is the wrong way to do it.

I Lift the bonnet about 200mm up from the catch, and drop it. It sounds horrid, but is the best way I was told (so you don't ding it).

About 100mm seems to be enough for my bonnets.

Dropping the bonnet from a suitable height is the way i read it should be done for the reason you mentioned.

Maybe some of us used to do it the other way because we started driving when cars had panels that were difficult to dent with a sledge hammer and were in no danger of being damaged with your bare hands.

I can recall looking at new 110s at Trivett Classic when we had Range Rover Club meetings there in the early 2000s.

Every one of them had dents in the doors where the door handles attached, and I believe it was from the support panel not being flush with the skin.

I thought it quite Land Rover like that 110s were sold pre dented so that this saved the new owner the bother of DIY. LOL

So Maybe don't be so harsh.
AFAIR they may have fixed this on Pumas.

Regards Philip A