Hi, This just occured to me since I was reading the Judging Handbook from DMC Houston (I'll never compete in a concours, that's for sure now...): Could the conversion from the "O-ring" Pullstraps to the ones going into a slot in the trimpanels be something that was done at a QAC? The VIN-breakdown is at 5992; that shoud be the last car with the "loose" straps. Mine however has the slot-kind (broken on one side actually), but the Vin# is 05141; over 800 less! Not that I mind, but this just made me curious and I can't remember reading anything on this subject in the past year or two... Too bad too; the ones with a ring would be much easier to repair/replace; I have to tak my door apart now... Luckily I have to do so anyway to adjust my doorlock, fix the powerwindow AND repair the strap, so I can kill two bird with one stone... JAN van de Wouw Thinking Different... Using a Mac... Living the Dream... Driving a DeLorean... #05141 "Dagger" since Sept. 2000 check out the Delorean-Files at: http://www.deloreanfiles.nl/ ------------------------------