Hello All,

I'm wondering has anyone any experience of raising doors that have dropped, becausethey are clashing quite severely with the lock and i could do without replacing them.

Thanks

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Take the Golf to a bodyshop, they should beable to raise them for you

Take the Golf to a bodyshop, they should beable to raise them for you

Was hoping to do them myself . A friend of mine who is a mechanic in monaghan did it to his golf BUT he's in Oz and i'm not phoning him to ask him that !!!

Thing is, they are getting quite bad and are clashing with the B-Pillar, so if i can't do anything with them, it looks like i might need new hinges.:thumbdwn:

SWMBO doesn't get the concept of closing the door gently or lifting it while you close it until i get it sorted... However, she does get the idea of repeatedly banging the door closed until she build up enough momentum with the door so that it lifts up onto the latch on the B-pillar.

Heading to the bodyshop is not an option i'm familiar with. D...I...Y...:P

Try opening the door a very small amount and then "lifting" the door up as much as you can (minding your back of course!) This might just bend the top hinge back enough to lift the door up. It worked with my Golf 4 anyway.

HTH

Joe

You could try raising them with a suitable jack and block of wood to save your back.

Is there any play in the door up and down?

When you close the door to first stage is the door low?

As mentioned above, easiest way is to carefuly jack the back of the door up on a bit of wood.

Well when the door is initialy opened i.e once it's opened passed the latch on the B-pillar, it drops quite considerately. I havn't had time to go and look at it but from what others have been saying,its a top hinge that needs replacing. !!

We'll just have to see the craic on saturday