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Kombi doors - Rooboy 70 - 08-03-2024
Hi just have a question about doors are lowlights doors the same as highlight doors because I put highlight doors on my lowlight and they seem to stick out about. Are lowlight doors a thinner.
Thanks Steve
RE: Kombi doors - Barry - 08-03-2024
Wayne will have the definitive answer later I reckon.
AFAIK the main difference is hinges
Have a read here
https://thelatebay.com/index.php?threads/how-to-identify-your-vw-baywindow-cab-door-and-hinge-type-thread.75586/
Did you put ne door rubbers on?
if you did - that will be your problem
RE: Kombi doors - Wayne Murray - 09-03-2024
You can open up a can of worms here!
What year model is you Kombi 1970 I take it?
Nearly every year or second year they changed the kombi door in some way.
Basically the door is the same size overall.
It should fit and I also don't know where is it sticking out? Bottom opening side?
As Barry has mentioned the hinge changed in 1977 with a larger pin and the plate holds the door on is with bolts, instead of the plate being counter sunk allen key head, metal threaded.
You can buy a kit to change the two styles over if required.
The lock and striker did changed in 1974, make sure you have matching striker and lock. Did you adjust door and striker before you assembled the door?
Main problem is the door rubber as most rubbers that are made in German vewib (brand) causing doors to stick out all over the place, Mainly down hinge side, rubber is to hard and has no where to spread.
Cheap rubbers are just that cheap and nasty. avoid at all cost (Brazilian)
I found with my experience is a airhead parts front door rubbers are the best in my opinion. They are still a little thick down the hinge side but they are a lot softer and compress better causing less problems.
Have you had any body work done or ever been in a accident can also be a major problem, to making sure they all fit correctly.
I also know some kombis have had this problem from factory, my dad's kombi since new has always had the passengers side opening bottom side always sticks out, he has spend many years to correct this with adjustment with no avail. my microbus, same year as my fathers has the same problem, in the end it's something I have lived with.
You can get different results.
If you want more specific changes per year for the door i could explain it if required.
RE: Kombi doors - DavidH - 10-03-2024
What Wayne said about the doors ex factory ^^.
Here's my 76 bottom of door
Top of door.
No amount of adjustment has changed this.
Cheers
RE: Kombi doors - Doob - 11-03-2024
Based on my experience with our 1971 Kombi.
I had a similar misalignment experience when I fitted new door seals.
It took me ages to figure it out, but it turned out that the door was only closing to the fist latch position and not fully closing to the second latch position. (see attached photos)
After we had done some major strip-down and restoration work, I refitted all the doors with no seals in place and did all the adjustments on door hinges and striker plates to give the best door alignment possible.
This was based on advice from a spray painter / panel beater friend who told me it would be much easier to do the alignments before installing the new seals.
With no seals in place, I was able to get the front doors fairly flush with the door frame. Not perfect but fairly good. However, once I installed the new seals, and closed the front cab doors I had about 7mm of door offset from the door frame at the door handle. The door felt very firm as if it was fully closed. Confused, I went back to me a spray painter / panel beater friend who told me to wind down the windows and give the door a good slam! …Voila! … the doors were once again almost flush with door frame. Now a few years later, the seals have compressed, and it is much easier to fully close the doors.
As mentioned by others above, there could be any number of reasons why your new doors do not align properly. But it may be worth removing the seals and redoing the hinge & latch striker plate adjustments, to see if you can get a better fit.
Attached – 2 page pdf file with a few phots of my front door latch and door alignment.
Kombi From Door Latch .pdf (Size: 157.96 KB / Downloads: 17)