By - April 21, 2010 I used to have to slam my door every time to get it to close all of the way. I also had excessive wind noise from a window which wouldn ’t seal properly. One day I decided I was going to get serious and fix the problem once and for all. Astm e8 specimen tensile. I had already replaced the hinges (lift the back of the door up and down while open halfway or less to check these for excessive play) and had made numerous previous unsuccessful attempts to adjust the glass. Here ’s what I did this time and it worked beautifully: First, you must get the door adjustment correct. It should close completely with very little effort.

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Begin by rolling the window down. Close the door. If it closes easily, move on to the glass adjustment described below. If it doesn ’t, first check to see if it is sagging by closing the door as far as possible WITHOUT latching and check the alignment of the belt molding at the rear of the door and the short piece of belt molding on the body in front of the rear wheel. They should be at the same height. My door was sagging by about 3/8 ”. To adjust the door you will need to remove the lower rocker vent panel (the piece behind the front wheel) to gain access to the lower door hinge bolts.

Sp 129133302012 pdf. Turn the front wheels all the way to the right to access the fenderwell torx bolts. Then there is a 10mm bolt on top of the panel and one on the bottom. The one on the bottom is a pain to get out because of the lower rocker piece below it, but by pulling down on the front of the rocker piece or removing a few of its torx screws you can get it out with an open end wrench. (A shot of WD40 helps too as the lower bolt is prone to rust) Once the vented rocker panel is out of the way,loosen the bolts connecting the hinges to the BODY ONLY. Then get a helper or a floor jack with a piece of wood, open the door slightly, and raise the back of the door up so the belt molding on the back of the door is just slightly higher than the one on the car body. Retighten the hinge to body bolts, remove support and re-check to see if the door belt molding and body belt molding heights are level with each other.

Once you get this correct, you can move on to adjusting how the door meets at the lower sill and ”A ” pillar. This is done by checking to see if the door is adjusted too far in or out at the top by first referencing how the top of the door lines up with the hood. My door was in about 3/16 ” further than the hood. I also noticed too much contact at the top front of the door when closing. (press door closed with outside door handle held up so you can really feel what is happening) By loosening all of the bolts connecting the hinge to DOOR ONLY, the door can be moved and checked for premature contact against the car body. Try to get the door to close without contacting any part of the body too soon (ideally you want the door to close flat on the body so you have even pressure along the weatherstripping, which on the door goes down the front of the door and along the bottom of the door sill) then tighten the bolts. Once you are satisfied with how the door closes, its time to move on to the glass.

Roll up the window and slowly close the door. Watch the weatherstrip while doing this. The weatherstrip should compress slightly but evenly along the ”a ” pillar and the roof.

You can further check this by closing the door on a dollar bill and pulling the bill out. You should feel a slight resistance on the bill at any point. Another check is to turn the A/C or heat blower on high, close the door, and spray soapy water along the weatherstrip to see if it bubbles, indicating an air leak. If you need to adjust the glass, remove the door panel.

Make sure your door switches are not dangling free if you left them connected to the wiring harness. Because of the C4 ’s high door sill, you can smash them when closing the door. I looped mine through the inside door handle to get them out of the way. Before making any adjustments, first close the door with the window up and put a strip of masking tape on the outside of the glass next to and parallel with the outer door sill weatherstrip.