Well the other day i opened my door, and its bending in my quarter panel? i do know that the door has been knocked off before, and the guy had it welded back on and it was perfect, until a few days ago...nothing happened to my knowledge, but heres some pictures for reference

door closed
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one messed up spot that's always been there


the other


penny to show crack size for door




door half open, rigt when it hits quarter panel


all the way open


tab that's alway been broke


inside of quarter panel with door all the way open


any help is appreciated

 

The fender is pushed inward towards the body at the bottom. You need to pull it out, away from the body.

 

my wife let the door on my xj get caught by the wind and it bent it forward way beyond where its supposed to stop, and i had to bend the door hinges back to where they normally would sit.

but it looks like yours has the same problem

what i did was take a prybar and put it inside those 2 holes on the hinge, and just bend them toward the inside of the Jeep.

 

Heh, mine does the same thing. Dunno why, PO left that for me.

 

x2 i've always had that problem....

in our case i think it has to do with the door being over extended and the hinges getting bent. it makes sense to blame the fender right away but i don't think thats the problem.

 

Mine did this too, so i detached the fender enough to pull it back and then i just beat the out of it with a hammer till it cleared the door. Then i sealed it up with primer and bedliner and was on my way

 

ahh...but do you know why it might have just happened?

good point, i checked my door today by picking up on it and the bottom hinge pin seems to be loose, might that be the problem? and now that my exams are over, i've got the time to do the quick release door conversion/mod/take off (that's already 1/3 of the way done haha), will this affect the process?

 

that's about where i am on it haha...i wonder if they sell white spray paint primer...

 

my passenger side does that whenever I wheel lol.

just take a piece of flat steel(or screw driver). bend the fender out the open it to where the fender is normal. then when you shut the door keep the steel or screw driver on the door and it will bend the fender out more.

sounds complicated but basically you are shutting the door with a screw driver on it and it pops it back out

 

Your hinge pins are worn, and or hinges are bent letting the door sag causing an alignment issue. It's been hitting the fender pushing it in. Do as 96_XJ (Brian) stated to remedy the situation.
Back in the day, with the door fully open, I'd place a piece of 1"x2" on the door and push against the door as if closing it until it pushed the fender back out where it needed to be. It would take a few attempts to get it correct without going too far.

 

alright sounds good guys...i wont be able to take the time to do it until after i get done repainting and bedlining my rock sliders (or while they're drying), but then i'll take some pics to make sure i'm doing it right and the product of the screw driver haha

 

X2 I've had the same issue for the past couple years.. Never cared enough to fix it lol

 

haha the only reason i'm gonna fix it is because i honestly don't have anything better to do

 

i just fixed that problem it happened before i hinged the doors and worse after so i realigned the door hinge so it was farther away at bottom and worked fine and my door seals better at the top

 

when the door is open is there up and down play in the hinge pins