ADJUSTING LEFT OR RIGHT FRONT DOOR
Remove striker.

Unscrew cover metal screw and remove cover.
Unscrew armrest (1).

Lift cover (2) off of inner door handle.
Unscrew screw (3) and remove inner door
handle (4) with escutcheon (5).
Important: Note installed location (inner
door handle is almost horizontal).

Lift cover (6) off of window winder.
Unscrew screw (7) and remove window winder
(8) and escutcheon (9).
Installation: Note position of window winder
(faces forward at a rising inclination).

Remove door trim.
Installation: Replace damaged door trim
clips or sockets.
Large coil of spring (10) faces trim.

Loosen door hinges on A-pillar and position
outer door surfaces to be in same plane with
front and rear side panels.
Align door height with beaded edge.
Tighten hinge screws.

Pull off Acella plastic sheet as required.
Loosen door hinges in door and align door
in forward direction that door gaps front
and rear are the same.

Attach striker and adjust it, that rear edge
of a closed door is in same plane of rear
side panel.

Vehicles after change point in 1982
ADJUSTING LEFT OR RIGHT
FRONT DOOR
Adjusting Front Door On Hinges:
Remove door trim panel 51 41 000.


51 41 000

Pull off plastic sheet partially.
Loosen upper and lower door hinge bolts.

Adjust door that gap (A) is equal at front and
rear.
Adjust door height for alignment with embossed
edges.

Note:
Loosen striker on door lock, if necessary.

Adjust door hinges on A pillar and door outside
panel to same plane with front and rear side
panels.
Align door height according to embossed edge.
Tighten hinge bolts.

Note:
The door outside panel surface can be adjusted
"deeper" than the front side panel surface by
up to max. 1 mm (0.039´´) ot prevent wind
noise and damage from flying stones as well as
for compensation of optical irregularities
(tolerances in the curvature).

Adjusting Door Lock:
Loosen bolts.

Align striker vertically.
Rubber pad on door lock must engage without
tension.

Adjust striker in horizontal direction that the
outside panel of a closed door is in the same
plane as the rear side panel (second catch).

Note:
The adjacent rear panel can be adjusted
"deeper" up to max. 1 mm (0.039´´), to
prevent wind noise and damage from flying
stones as well as for compensation of optical
irregularities.