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Old 01-09-2007   #34 (permalink)
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Adjustable gaps

Jordan is close to right, except I chose to have the other end of the turn buckle nearer the inner rear shock tower area. This allows after everything is all set and welded, to move the body with a turn of a wrench to set your door gap and then lock in the turn buckles with jam nuts. Even factory cars that are convertible flex here, some worse than others (kind of the weak point of the convertible. I've seen people weld in solid roll bars and while this still works, it remains that the door gaps are what you are stuck with. Put the car on a 2 point lift and see how it flexes and you will understand where I am coming from on this.
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