no, it is not Shady – it is Moggi. And no, I haven’t created a monster (even if the lyrics from an Enimen song might suggest something else). But then again – there are a few details on C6622 which are a bit shady. The door alignment is one of those. The driver side is not perfect, but acceptable. Even with the new interior trim installed it closes without too much force.
The passenger side is a different story. But before going into how I wasted 3 hours tonight, let us look at some positive things. The stuff I prepared for the upholstery place turned out to be quite ok. All panels I replicated got leather glued on and were fitted without any major modification. The new rear spring covers have hidden screws and can be removed easily. The same is true for all carpets – I wanted to be able to take them out if necessary (to clean or dry them)
The rear wheel arches, the gearbox cover and tunnel all look great. I am glad I also decided to have the rear bench redone. The old leather looked awful. The new design looks more like the front seats. The black Hydem banding from MogParts looks great. I am not happy with the screws they used for the door trim protectors and will change them out with stainless steel counter sunk ones. The seatbelts are in a bad shape as well – I should have ordered replacements a long time ago.
But instead of taking C6622 out for a drive – I have to sort out two annoying issues. Number one is as mentioned the passenger door. It does not close correctly anymore. There is not enough clearance between the door and the Hydem banding. I hoped that if I add a shim to the lower hinge – the door would move up enough to get the required clearance. This meant taking the door cards off and checking the door hinge screws. While at it – I fitted self-locking nuts. In the two years since I fitted the doors – some nuts were quite loose.
I quickly created a 1,5 mm think metal shim and test fitted it under the lower door hinge. This does lift the rear part of the door – but a bit too much. With the shim the upper parts of the door hints hits the frame and dashboard. The dashboard edge is extending just 2mm to cover the frame. On the next dashboard I will correct this. I did not have thinner metal at hands- so I had to remove the shim for now. Plan B was to add washers beneath the door catch. After adjusting the catch once more (which resulted in removing even more trim) I was able to close and lock the door. But as you can see there is about a centimeter gap now.
Around the doors paint chipped off at a few places. These are all alloy panel – so there is not risk that it will rust – but it annoys the hack out of me. It is what it is. Too be continued….
Fixing C6622 
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