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[minimuk]

can not wait mate should look a lot beta then

happy days then,...good luck to you both,....any luck Evy won't be long after.........I wish....

Edited by minimuk, 27 March 2012 - 09:53 PM.

[ToM 2012]

cheers mate can not wait now

[ToM 2012]

as promised here are the pictures of gaps around the doors sorry pics are not that good can only just about fit in the container lol






drivers side not to bad but passenger side on the a panel there is quiet a big gap street tweeks is having my mini in 3 weeks to paint it so will see what he finks and can do for me comments welcome thankyou tom

[UK_Mad_Mini]

Hi, Just joined this website because hopefully i`ll be purchasing my first mini soon and doing a full restore back to originallity (as i can get it) . Just looked through your thread and gotta say it`s a top job so far and hopefully i can do as good a job, keep up the good work mate

[grahama]

Not too bad on the fit, any shimming going on ?? Have a look at the door gap section pinned in the bodywork section. Not too far off though, mine went from like yours to crap fit today !!!

Graham

[minimuk]

Driver side looks fine, Nearside,...... I would weld a seam on the door edge, (christ sake not on A-panel edge) thin on top, wider in middle and thin on bottum, grind back a sand flat, use copper piece to absorb heat and weld on low amps, (setting 1 and min) pending what welder you have,in 1 inch sections up and down so nout get to hot, have a nice 3-4mm gap top to bottum and around the whole door-frame, you might have to do this a few times to get it right, but worth while doing.

[ToM 2012]

Hi, Just joined this website because hopefully i`ll be purchasing my first mini soon and doing a full restore back to originallity (as i can get it) . Just looked through your thread and gotta say it`s a top job so far and hopefully i can do as good a job, keep up the good work mate

welcome to the mini forum we all will be happy to help to any of your problems also thankyou for the nice comment cheers tom

[ToM 2012]

Not too bad on the fit, any shimming going on ?? Have a look at the door gap section pinned in the bodywork section. Not too far off though, mine went from like yours to crap fit today !!!

Graham

hi graham there is a few shims but that gap down passenger a panel is quiet bad but if i take the shims out to bring it closer to the a panel the top off the door will hit so i was thinking of adding metal on down the a panel to loose the gap any ideas? drivers side i can live with cheers tom

[ToM 2012]

Driver side looks fine, Nearside,...... I would weld a seam on the door edge, (christ sake not on A-panel edge) thin on top, wider in middle and thin on bottum, grind back a sand flat, use copper piece to absorb heat and weld on low amps, (setting 1 and min) pending what welder you have,in 1 inch sections up and down so nout get to hot, have a nice 3-4mm gap top to bottum and around the whole door-frame, you might have to do this a few times to get it right, but worth while doing.

hi mate i havent got a welder i will mention it to street tweeks as he will be fitting new door skins so he might be able to do something to make it better cheers tom

[2-alex-2]

you might find that the dos skin has been altered before you got the door so a new door skin might even be what you need. have you tried measureing the gapes for the door to see if one side is bigger / smaller?

[minimuk]

Driver side looks fine, Nearside,...... I would weld a seam on the door edge, (christ sake not on A-panel edge) thin on top, wider in middle and thin on bottum, grind back a sand flat, use copper piece to absorb heat and weld on low amps, (setting 1 and min) pending what welder you have,in 1 inch sections up and down so nout get to hot, have a nice 3-4mm gap top to bottum and around the whole door-frame, you might have to do this a few times to get it right, but worth while doing.

hi mate i havent got a welder i will mention it to street tweeks as he will be fitting new door skins so he might be able to do something to make it better cheers tom

I am sure he makes a good job of it

[ToM 2012]

you might find that the dos skin has been altered before you got the door so a new door skin might even be what you need. have you tried measureing the gapes for the door to see if one side is bigger / smaller?

hi thanks i have not tryed this i will measure next time cheers tom

[ToM 2012]

you might find that the dos skin has been altered before you got the door so a new door skin might even be what you need. have you tried measureing the gapes for the door to see if one side is bigger / smaller?

hi thanks i have not tryed this i will measure next time cheers tom

cheers

[hughJ]

Looks good Tom.

Hugh

[ToM 2012]

cheers hugh