Dave, I have to disagree with you. Without the gas struts the door should stay open about 2-4 inches, not 8-12 ! 8-12 means way overtorqued torsion bar !!!! or did you mean centimeter instead of inches ? This brings me again to the point to let all of you know that there are adjustable and refillable gas struts out there. (Delorean Club Germany offers them) We already set this up on Jordans car and took several pictures, maybe he will make another How-To of that. Elvis The other test is that when the door is allowed to hang with the gas strut removed, it should stay open 8-12 inches at the bottom. Overall this is a pretty twitchy operation with a lot of room for error (like breaking the glass, balooning the end of the torsion bar, cutting the roof, hurting yourself) so you ought to find a local helper who's done it. Dave Bauerle is a commercial shop in your area (Radnor). Dave S To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: moderators@xxxxxxxxxxx For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see www.dmcnews.com To search the archives or view files, log in at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnews/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: dmcnews-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/