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Exterior / Re: Hood alignment. My next impossible mission.

« Last post by DeCaff2007 on April 17, 2024, 10:03:49 AM »

1/4 paint stir stick, it will give you the proper door to sill plate gap.
I usually keep the door latch striker bolt in place, try to adjust it very close to your desired position, this will help hold the door in the correct position while setting you hinge position.

This is assuming that everything is installed on the top of the rocker panels as they should be, yes? 

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Exterior / Re: Hood alignment. My next impossible mission.

« Last post by tinpusher on April 17, 2024, 09:41:02 AM »

1/4 paint stir stick, it will give you the proper door to sill plate gap.
I usually keep the door latch striker bolt in place, try to adjust it very close to your desired position, this will help hold the door in the correct position while setting you hinge position.

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Lobby / Re: My Other Build Project

« Last post by kentucky yeti on April 17, 2024, 09:06:08 AM »

Nice!!!

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Interior / Re: Passenger A/C duct

« Last post by FormTA on April 17, 2024, 08:03:58 AM »

Ya but at least folks would know it actually fits and functions unlike a bunch of repop stuff.

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Lobby / Re: My Other Build Project

« Last post by ryeguy2006a on April 17, 2024, 06:37:42 AM »

We didn't get a chance to look around too much when I was dropping off the light fixtures, but I was able to snap a few pictures. They were able to spray the whole house with primer, followed by two coats of paint on the ceiling and one coat on the walls. They are going to follow up with one additional coat on the walls which will be rolled. Lights are going up this week and most of the electrical switches are installed at this point. The garage door guy is also supposed to be coming at some point this week and the doors and trim were all delivered too. We are getting ready to list our current house for sale in a few weeks, so that will be stressful... We are listing the house without a realtor, but given the demand right now in this area we're hoping that it sells pretty quickly like all of the other houses in the area.

Anyway, here's some pictures haha.

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Exterior / Re: Door Glass Adjustments

« Last post by b_hill_86 on April 17, 2024, 06:18:11 AM »

Mine are actually pretty quick for being the original setup. Just till that last little bit

Kerry, I think he was referring to the factory power window relay, not the added 4 relays lots of people do.

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Interior / Re: Passenger A/C duct

« Last post by b_hill_86 on April 17, 2024, 06:16:20 AM »

I don’t think I could do I justice like Ben does with his detail

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Exterior / Re: Door Glass Adjustments

« Last post by FormTA on April 17, 2024, 05:42:24 AM »

My car is horrible but it's mostly because of the aftermarket glass which is curved too much and drags on the felt guides, some of which I had to remove.  The go up and down but painfully slow.

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Exterior / Re: Hood alignment. My next impossible mission.

« Last post by DeCaff2007 on April 17, 2024, 05:41:30 AM »

It’s a real PITA if working by yourself. If yo have a hydraulic Jack, HF makes an adapter to fit on the bottom of the door. I was lucky enough to use sone adjustable straps attached to an eyelet in a garage ceiling rafter .
Use paint stirs sticks and tape them to your rear quarter panel door gap edge , one high, and one low, tape a long 1/4 strip along the bottom edge of the door lengthwise for your bottom gap and let it rest on the sill plate. Tighten the hinges from the door to the body. The hinges that is actually attached to the door adjusts the angle/tilt to line up with the rear quarter panel top and bottom.

1/4" strip of what? 

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Interior / Re: Inner access panels for rear TA wheels spoilers

« Last post by FormTA on April 17, 2024, 05:39:05 AM »

I do remember seeing those on both of my 79s now that I see this picture.