Door alignment

[Delorean17@xxxx]

Hello,
I finally got my door handles adjusted but now I need to align the doors 
so they hit the striker pins acurately. They close and shut now but 
sometimes the front latch catches because the striker pink isnt long enoug 
and its gets caught up on the latch. I am reading the tech manual and it 
talks about adding and removing shims.

The latch seems to be coming down in the right spot but it hits the end 
of the pin. I think If I moved the rear of the door up it may fix this. The 
bolts are in the lowest position and I think they should be up somewhat. 
does anyone know how far? the ss panel is so close to the roof I can not put 
the T-panel back on until I get this fixed.

The passenger side door seems to be open a few inches high than the drivers 
side. I layed a 2x4 across the doors and it is very noticeable. I think if I 
loosend the 4 bolts and slid the door up a little it may fix the problem. Do 
you have to removed the gas strut when doing this? I just tried it with it 
on and I couldnt move it very far. I wish I would ave done this before I put 
the torsion bat back in but oh well. If that doesnt work where can I buy the 
hinge shims? If any of you have done this procedure please let me know how 
it went.

Thank you
David
#2496