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From: Wayne on 3 Feb 2010 19:57 I picked my new 10 Camry 3 days ago. Both door are mis aligned where you can see the gap larger on the top of the doors. I knew I should have look at it before I bought it Shame on me
From: Tegger on 3 Feb 2010 20:19 "Wayne" <Waynenospan(a)nospam.com> wrote in news:4b6a1b7f$0$22543$607ed4bc(a)cv.net: > I picked my new 10 Camry 3 days ago. Both door are mis aligned where > you can see the gap larger on the top of the doors. > > I knew I should have look at it before I bought it > > Shame on me A common factory trick is to hang the doors a bit high at their rear edges. This compensates for eventual hinge wear, which brings the rear edges back down again. Honda does this too. This may be what you're seeing. > ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01CAA50B.1E367870 > <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> > <HTML><HEAD> Ouch! Please don't post in HTML. -- Tegger
From: Ray O on 3 Feb 2010 23:13 "Tegger" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message news:Xns9D14CEC3BFBA2tegger(a)208.90.168.18... > "Wayne" <Waynenospan(a)nospam.com> wrote in > news:4b6a1b7f$0$22543$607ed4bc(a)cv.net: > >> I picked my new 10 Camry 3 days ago. Both door are mis aligned where >> you can see the gap larger on the top of the doors. >> >> I knew I should have look at it before I bought it >> >> Shame on me > > > > A common factory trick is to hang the doors a bit high at their rear > edges. > This compensates for eventual hinge wear, which brings the rear edges back > down again. Honda does this too. > > This may be what you're seeing. > > > >> ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01CAA50B.1E367870 >> <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> >> <HTML><HEAD> > > > Ouch! Please don't post in HTML. > > > > -- > Tegger Toyotas are supposed to come from the factory with the body panels properly aligned. The OP should take it back to the dealer for adjustment. -- Ray O (correct punctuation to reply) >
From: Hachiroku ハチロク on 4 Feb 2010 08:17 On Wed, 03 Feb 2010 22:13:13 -0600, Ray O wrote: > > "Tegger" <invalid(a)invalid.inv> wrote in message > news:Xns9D14CEC3BFBA2tegger(a)208.90.168.18... >> "Wayne" <Waynenospan(a)nospam.com> wrote in >> news:4b6a1b7f$0$22543$607ed4bc(a)cv.net: >> >>> I picked my new 10 Camry 3 days ago. Both door are mis aligned where >>> you can see the gap larger on the top of the doors. >>> >>> I knew I should have look at it before I bought it >>> >>> Shame on me >> >> >> >> A common factory trick is to hang the doors a bit high at their rear >> edges. >> This compensates for eventual hinge wear, which brings the rear edges >> back down again. Honda does this too. >> >> This may be what you're seeing. >> >> >> >>> ------=_NextPart_000_0012_01CAA50B.1E367870 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC >>> "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> >> >> >> Ouch! Please don't post in HTML. >> >> >> >> -- >> Tegger > > Toyotas are supposed to come from the factory with the body panels > properly aligned. The OP should take it back to the dealer for > adjustment. You were working there when they came from Japan...
From: Tegger on 4 Feb 2010 09:13
"Ray O" <rokigawa(a)NOSPAMtristarassociates.com> wrote in news:hkdhjp$i8u$1(a)news.eternal-september.org: > > Toyotas are supposed to come from the factory with the body panels > properly aligned. The OP should take it back to the dealer for > adjustment. So Toyota /doesn't/ deliberately place the rear of the door slightly high to allow for initial hinge wear? Then why does Honda do that? -- Tegger |