Door gaps are not even any more!, Now what??? Options

[FourBlades]

I was test fitting my doors before painting them and noticed this:

Driver side.



Passenger side.

[FourBlades]

Wes,

This is a really good question. I went out with a level and measured both of my
longs, and guess what, both are arched. The middle of the longs are higher than
the edges on both sides. I estimate there is 1 mm of arch. The bottom edges
of the longs are also arched, but not as much, maybe half as much. I can
measure more carefully tommorrow.

You may be right that the top of the long shrinks more than the bottom because
of the floor pan and also because the Engman kit does not connect to the bottom
of the long. Maybe that means I need to apply heat only where the Engman
kit is to restore the correct shape, even though I did a lot of other welding
to this long.

Keep in mind that I am not knocking the Engman kit at all, it is a piece of art.
Mine fit perfectly, I just got too aggressive about welding it in, even though he
tells you not to. I will put them in my next car, but I will weld a lot more slowly.

My car was in really bad shape when I got it and this is my first resto project
so it is not surprising I F-ed it up a little. Don't make the same mistake!

John