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Help with a Door fitment issue

The repro door weather strips are junk. They are too dense, and you have to slam your doors. The manufacturer knows this, but they still sell them. Clean up some originals. Not hard to find good originals. The difference in how your doors fit and close will be night and day.
 
I have tried setting the car in the summer direct sun for a couple of days to make the seal conform
to the door and set in. Some time it works and other time I still have a very tight fitting door.
 
Find some original door weatherstrips. End of problem
 
Yes the supplier had sent me a 2nd set of seals as a check of some possible production flaw and there was no difference. He said the seals come from one supplier (that's what he thought) and basically SOL. It was a stretch to put these in thinking they would conform somehow and exacerbated by my seals fitting beneath the door sill plate. He had said maybe the black lattice seal was smaller though after months getting my car back together I salvaged my old ones until such time might find seals that fit.

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Maybe you should contact Joe Suchy. He specializes in 62-65 B bodies. Maybe he knows a source.
 
Yeah - the guy I bought them from is a trustworthy forum guy and got a lot of good parts from him at a good price, just these seals were a zero. He said he was only aware of one place that made them and thought the black lattice seals might be smaller and was going to send me a set to try out. Lost track of that with him. And wow look out of you want the outer gaskets for '63 Plymouth parking lights! Another bust! I got some used in good condition only cuz finding those new wasn't possible without buying the whole deal. They weren't even close! Swear they must have made those frames in different sizes depending on the day of the week. Took some ingenuity to finally drum up a solution to fit those damn things. But, I digress...
 
hi folks, I would like your thoughts here. I installed the drivers door and fender to do my initial gap and panel alignment as part of this restoration and had all the lines and gaps set to near perfect. I then installed the door latch/handle and a new door seal, from soft seal. Now, because of the seal, the door is being pushed out at the bottom and causing the door to get out of alignment. See the photos. I believe the seal is installed correctly, but you can comment on that too based on the photo. Maybe this is a know issue with a brand new seal, or with these seals in particular. When I push on the bottom of the door to see if I can bring it back into alignment, it’s very tight and takes a lot of force to squish the seal enough for the door to get back into alignment.

Thanks for your input.
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Top of the door is still lined up-
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Front edge is fine
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I’ve got burned by this over the years too. Now i do all the final alignment with rubbers in the doors/trunk and motor and transmission in the car with the weight on the wheels. Especially with a unibody car. The closer you get your gaps the stiffer the car needs to be built. The panel fit on these cars was horrible when they were new. Also check that the hinges are in good shape.
 
I’ve got burned by this over the years too. Now i do all the final alignment with rubbers in the doors/trunk and motor and transmission in the car with the weight on the wheels. Especially with a unibody car. The closer you get your gaps the stiffer the car needs to be built. The panel fit on these cars was horrible when they were new. Also check that the hinges are in good shape.
Good points.

Also, as I'm sure many know already, you always start your panel alignment with the doors as the rocker and quarter are both fixed points. Align the door to the rocker and quarter panel and lock it down. Then you move onto the fenders-to-door alignment, and then hood.

Many people try to align the doors and fenders at the same time, which just causes you to chase your tail. I will admit that some cars are too far off to align in the way I described, so you end up having to make a compromise somewhere.
 
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Yes, get the Metro seals. They are as soft as butter and are a perfect fit. The seals on my Coronet when I bought it were rock-hard and I had to slam the doors, replaced them with the Metros and I can shut them fully with just a finger now.
 
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Yes, get the Metro seals. They are as soft as butter and are a perfect fit. The seals on my Coronet when I bought it were rock-hard and I had to slam the doors, replaced them with the Metros and I can shut them fully with just a finger now.
Looks good too bad my Mopar is too old for their stock.
 
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