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Originally Posted by randy500
Moving The upper hinge in will move the back corner of the door out.
Moving the upper hinge out will move the back corner of the door in.
Here is how to fit the door.
1. Ignore the door window frame entirely until the very end.
2. Using the hinge adjustment fit the door contour to the back of the cab with an even gap and the best overall fit while being mindful of the door to rocker panel fit.
3. You may have to twist the door for a perfect fit, for example if just the back corner sits outward a bit....place a block of wood in the door jamb rear near the latch and push the lower door inward twisting the outer door skin attachment to the inner structure....it will move. You may have to push with your feet or even kick it.
4. Finally whip the door frame into shape with a 4x4, 4’ long piece or so, beat it around to fit the upper cab.
You may also adjust the rear cab skin where it it attached to the B pillar for a perfect fit, cut the spot welds and re attach.
Its called panel fitting, the factory guys did a great job of it on most trucks and its why when you change a door it doesn't always fit, they need to be fitted to each cab.
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It sounds like you don't believe I need to be moving my B pillars around any, but I need to move the door to fit the pillars. However, these are the doors I pulled off the cab in the first place, so shouldn't they fit better than what I'm seeing or does it matter?
Anyway, how should I go about getting these rockers and corners on then? My thought process is that I need the rockers on in order to get the corners on correctly. I need to get the doors spaced within the frame in order to get the rockers set. So - do I need to get my new door/doors in and then get them bent in to shape and spaced within the frame prior to attaching the rockers?