Re: door strut mount bending?!

["content22207" <brobertson@xxxx>]

Your car is made of plastic -- yes, this is bad (should you ultimately
rip the stud out of the pontoon altogether, I think Rob Grady has an
oversized repair kit but you'll have to remove the headliner to install).

Your door struts are probably too long or too strong (remember:
torsion bars open the doors, not the struts). DML had a long thread
this summer on the same topic. I don't want to restart that vendor vs
vendor discussion, but FWIW my Grady struts are excellent. Of course
they wouldn't be worth a darn without my torsion bar adjustments
(thanks Dave!).

Buy a known suitable set of struts from an honest to goodness DeLorean
vendor. If your doors continue to sag, get an experienced adjuster to
tighten the torsion bars. Your ball studs (and the pontoon) will thank
you.

Bill Robertson
#5939

>--- In dmcnews@xxxx, "C. C. Cameron Putsch" <putsch.1@xxxx> wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone of you have noticed that the ball mount
for your door strut that mounts to the roof is bending away from the
strut under pressure. Is this a very bad thing, meaning it will break
in the future. Should I replace something or modify it? 
> 
> Casey at putsch.1@xxxx
> 
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