2003 Door Drop
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The exception to this (other than damage as described by oyster) is where owners lever themselves out of the car by leaning heavily on the rear of an open door.
Graham
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ukdude (03-20-2014)
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Funny you should say its unusual as my Inde showed me a split in the metal behind/side the hinge on my door and two other XK`s in his yard.
If you can take a photo of the area door side of bottom hinge, you can see it for yourself. Its not the hinge but a crack in the metal, lifting the door just causes more damage to this area
If you can take a photo of the area door side of bottom hinge, you can see it for yourself. Its not the hinge but a crack in the metal, lifting the door just causes more damage to this area
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ukdude (03-20-2014)
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As you wish,I thought the same until shown the crack /hole, its not large but noticeable when shown where it is, or in your opinion, not.
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Done it! As you can see there`s a hole under the hinge with distortion on the door ,I saw this on two other xk`s When lifting the door, all you do is distort the metal supporting the door hinge.
£50 repair that`s nothing to do with the hinge itself
Done it! As you can see there`s a hole under the hinge with distortion on the door ,I saw this on two other xk`s When lifting the door, all you do is distort the metal supporting the door hinge.
£50 repair that`s nothing to do with the hinge itself
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I would say you have a problem, It looks worst than just a crack. I would have it repaired, weld the crack and have a stiffener tacked in the inside. My car was a first owner Texas car has never been exposed to salt, Along with my friends, his has never been exposed to road salt. I see you live on the Isle do you think that corrosion could have weakened the inner door frame? we have seen a lot of the older XK's in England deteriorating. from salt. Tony XK Racer has posted many repairs he has made. He could probably shed some light on the subject.
I would say you have a problem, It looks worst than just a crack. I would have it repaired, weld the crack and have a stiffener tacked in the inside. My car was a first owner Texas car has never been exposed to salt, Along with my friends, his has never been exposed to road salt. I see you live on the Isle do you think that corrosion could have weakened the inner door frame? we have seen a lot of the older XK's in England deteriorating. from salt. Tony XK Racer has posted many repairs he has made. He could probably shed some light on the subject.
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Just to add my halfpenny's worth, my 2001 does not have any door drop and my local specialist (20 years with main dealer) explained to me that door drop is caused by people using the door as a prop to extract themselves from the car.
The reason it came up was that he was showing me a 2003 XK8 that was for sale and it had terrible door drop on the drivers side. Apparently the owner was a big guy. No problems on the passenger side.
Andy
The reason it came up was that he was showing me a 2003 XK8 that was for sale and it had terrible door drop on the drivers side. Apparently the owner was a big guy. No problems on the passenger side.
Andy
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