Door fit on my NAF Cobra

[my427cobra]

Hi all. I've never been happy with the passenger door fit on my NAF Cobra fiberglass body. The leading edge top of the door where it meets the cowl above the dash has a gap that is about a 1/4" too big ( the driver door matches nicely). It looks like the passenger door edge was trimmed too short as compared to the driver door.

Soooo, how do I build up the leading top edge of the door about a 1/4'' (actually from 0" to about 1/4'' over a 6'' length) ???????

Any advice would be appreciated.

Cheers
Greg

[byron w]

Question so even I can understand. Do you need to build up the top of the door at the front or the front edge of the door or both?

Byron

[my427cobra]

Hi Byron.
Just the edge has to be extended to make the door gap consistant.
The top surface plane of the door matches/blends nicely into the plane of the cowl above the dash.

Cheers
Greg

[byron w]

Greg,

I am sure others will chime in but I have been successful using fiberglass cloth, not mat, mixed with duraglas which has fiberglass mat in it. Do a little at a time and it should hold forever.

Good luck, Byron

[4RE KLR]

I had some very serious problems with the door fit on my car. After fighting with it for many months we decided to glass the door closed, then cut the lines we wanted to open it back up.

It was a LOT of work but the end result was a nice of fit as any Lexus off the show room floor.

UH, yea, I did this before it was painted.

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Ferrari Killer
Steve

Must Sell Right Now

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[DanEC]

The proper way would be to grind and bevel the existing edge on the top side back about 3/4 inch. Make a stiff form and secure to the back side and lay in multiple pieces of fiberglass and resin along the length and over the beveled edge to build up the surface a little above flush. Use a fiberglass roller to roll the strips of fiberglass in tight. When it's hard flip the door over and grind the back edge back to feather it and lay strips of resin and fiberglass mat in to bring it up to a little above flush. It will probably take a combination of 6 or 7 layers of fiberglass front and rear to get the thickness. Then grind flush and trim to fit the cowl with a uniform gap. It sounds harder than it is. The hardest part is working up the nerve to grind the fiberglass back. After that it's pretty simple and just routine body work. But it means a new paint job or some careful paint matching.

[my427cobra]

Thanks DanEC. Great description of the how to. Now to muster up the courage. Here we go.

Cheers
Greg