Surfer69

I just noticed my driver door forward edge has a chunk broken/cracked.:mad

My paint was basically flawless and I am extremely careful opeing the doors. I think the wife is to blame even though she doesnt drive it. Have to blame someone! I see other vettes and some have same damage. Must be common.

James

I have seen a number of cars that have little cracks or gash's on the front edge of the doors where they have came in contact with the hinge. I don't know if this happens from opening the door really hard, the door be a little misaligned at one time and opened, or from the hinge being worn. It does seem to be a common occurance that I have seen before. Those are the things that drive you crazy too. Most people don't even notice them but to you the owner they stick out like a sore thumb.



[Modified by James, 9:48 AM 7/24/2003]

77Dream

I have those cracks. Mine were from bubba jacking it up in the wrong place and then opening the doors. Jacking in the wrong place causes a lot of body flex and the front edge of the door comes in contact with the back edge of the fender. If you dont notice and open the door then either the door or the fender will break (or in my case both :mad ).

tshort

Yep, I'm another owner of that problem. I think mine is only on the drivers door. Mine must have happened when it was jacked up or something because it won't reach the crack now.
Both of my doors used to close really smooth also but after taking it to Discount tire one of the numbnutzes there jacked up one corner only like I asked him not to do and since then my driver door doesn't close as smoothly. :mad

sb69coupe

This is a really common problem on the 68 and 69 especially. The hinge is a little weaker and allows the door to "spring" too far open and the fiberglass and the hinge get intimate. I've seen folks weld a stop onto the hinge to keep it from going past the furthest open point.

CORVETTE CRAIG

Are you sure this isn't caused by the door hinge "S" stop.
This is the part that keeps your door in place when opened.
Mine had a cracked (crushed) section right in the middle of the front edge of the door. Upon further inspection, the "S" stop had wiggled it's way out of place, so when the door was being opened, it was pressing up against it.
I hadn't noticed it right away. I did on a a windy day, it left a 2" long crack/smash/crushed section right where your describing.
I simply pulled the "S" stop out of both doors, and have NEVER seen the problem again. That was eight years ago.

Surfer69

when you say S stop are you saying the door S spring or is there a second S?