door catching

1. mickymoe Regular Poster Joined: Mar 2010 Belfast Posts: 404 Corsa b, Saxo VTR

   #1 14th April 2012, 02:13

   Basiclly my passenger door is catching on the wing when it is opened and the plastic vt kit has been damaged as well as the paint work on both the door and wing. Anyone had this problem and point me in the correct direction of fixing the problem?
   
   Thanks in advance
2. BritishMonkey Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2012 Scottish Borders Posts: 110 2000 Furio 1.4 2002 Corsa 1.0 2002 Corsa 1.0 20

   #2 14th April 2012, 02:15

   is it the door skin loose?
3. mickymoe Regular Poster Joined: Mar 2010 Belfast Posts: 404 Corsa b, Saxo VTR

   #3 14th April 2012, 02:30

   nope. thought that was the problem last time, got it all tidied up and put back together then same thing happened again, so not touching up paint until i fix it this time. its as if the door has moved closer to wing, so assuming something to do with hinge maybe? im sure if i spent a few hours at it i would figure it out, just hoping some1 could save me them few hours
4. user_20080 Saxperience Hardcore! Joined: Dec 2007 smurfland. Posts: 17346 Ex saxo owner.

   #4 14th April 2012, 10:28

   Loosen the bolts on your wing & move it slightly forwards,only talking about millimetres then tighten it back up.The other way would be to fit a new vt plastic panel as you say the present one is damaged.
5. Nates-VTR Established Member Joined: Sep 2011 dublin Posts: 1200 saxo 1.6 8v VTR

   #5 14th April 2012, 10:34

   Happened to mine to, all the edge of my vt panel is scuffed, happens right after I sprayed it, managed to get it tight enough so it misses it by about a millimetre, my passenger side door has dropped though so could be partly the cause, think done tried to break into it when my brother owned it :/
6. mickymoe Regular Poster Joined: Mar 2010 Belfast Posts: 404 Corsa b, Saxo VTR

   #6 15th April 2012, 01:26

   cheers for input. this only happened like 3 months ago and i have had the car for 2 years with no changes to body panels so dont know...
7. NismoSteve Frequent Poster Joined: Dec 2011 Thorne+Grimsby Posts: 717 S2GTi / Megane cc

   #7 15th April 2012, 09:32

   Usually this is a result of the door being opened too far usually by wind when you don't have a good enough grip on the door. This knackers the chek strap which is what prevents the door being opened too far. Feel the door when you open it fully, if it doesn't click and try to hold slightly in two positions through the arc of the opening its knackered or the bolts have fallen out.
   Without that working the door will open till its hits the wing.

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8. S4xodesire Infrequent Poster Joined: Feb 2006 Dover Posts: 169 Saxo VTR

   #8 15th April 2012, 09:51

   I had this a couple of weeks back my door skin had come loose and was just catching against the front wing and popping it off. Just sorted with new clips and glue now its fine has not done it again!
9. leej Infrequent Poster Joined: Sep 2011 leicester Posts: 162 Saxo furio

   #9 15th April 2012, 10:59

   Quote:

   Originally Posted by NismoSteve Usually this is a result of the door being opened too far usually by wind when you don't have a good enough grip on the door. This knackers the chek strap which is what prevents the door being opened too far. Feel the door when you open it fully, if it doesn't click and try to hold slightly in two positions through the arc of the opening its knackered or the bolts have fallen out.

   mine does this i thought it might be that