Ok, this might sound weird to everyone but my passenger side door doesnt close correctly. The door "closes" but it looks open from the outside, There is about an inch and a half between the door and the car when the door is in the "closed" position. Sometimes when you slam the door HARD it will close just fine, but will pop back out in a few minutes..What could be wrong???? Could it possibly be the door hinge??? If so how do you repair that????

 

Realign your door.

Get out your helms and do it yourself until you get it right.

 

hey, do you go to Cal Poly by the way? I think I might have seen your car today?

 

haha arno, he recongized your car because the door wont close

 

Ya I do, where you the one parked next to me???? Nice Car.

Man that door is soo annoying...Its such an eye sore...Damn theives man, I swear it was them....haha...just venting...i have to blame someone other than myself or the poor car



[Modified by 98itR484, 5:06 AM 5/22/2002]

 

I'll be heading to cal poly this coming winter. How's the parking/security there?

 

security is not that bad, even though I have had my car broken into once, thank god for my alarm.

anyways...so how should i fix my door. Anyone have a helms i can borrow??


[Modified by 98itR484, 5:55 AM 5/22/2002]

 

Might want to edit what kind of alarm ur using. Some people think the thieves come to this board to troll for victims. just my opinion.


[Modified by Rguy, 9:52 PM 5/21/2002]

 

Exactly what i was thinking..but i still did it

thanks for looking out..

arno

 

Open the door, at the bottom there is a black rubber ****, try screwing it in tighter. if that does not help much unscrew the door strike in the door jamb and slide it in a little.

 

hi Arno, yeah that was me...my name is Jeff. I saw a CW teg and I was like "maybe it's an R" and it was...I figured its a lot safer(and nicer too) to park next to a fellow R. I love CW R's, nice car man, mine is all dirty from the sprinkles the other day and with midterms this week I have been so lazy to wash the old R. We should meet up some time along with James and Yellow Blur hope to see you around and even meet you.

 

I've seen you driving around a few times. Ya i know what you mean about dirty R's, Mine is dirty as hell now, and i noticed the water spots on yours too...lol. Anyways it will be nice to meet up. how do you know james, have you met him beofre??

This door situation turned into a gathering of ITR's at Cal Poly


[Modified by 98itR484, 6:34 AM 5/22/2002]

 

I met James through honda-tech( I i.med him), but I never actually met him in person, though I see him driving around in his black LS with no emblems. There's also a guy with a PY R around school, I never met him either. how long you been going to Cal Poly? this is the first year I've seen your car, it's my second year there. I remember last year I use to always see this girl who drove a PY R, I don't see her anymore though.

Your car is pretty low what suspension are you running and what percentage is your tint? asking cause I might want to tint my car.

 

Sup guys. We should meet up sometime. I've seen that PY ITR before too and actually left a note. He didn't respond or anything though. I've also seen a girl driving a PY ITR also!

 

take it off and throw it away. it weighs too much anyways.

 

I've tried both of those things, and they seem to be a temporary solution, because within a few days the door is back to the way it used to be. can it be something with the hinge in the door????

Im running KG/MM springs on the car, with stock shocks. As for the tint, i have no clue what % it is, because i bouth it like that, I'll look thru my paperwork and see if i have any info on it and let you know.




[Modified by 98itR484, 6:52 PM 5/22/2002]

 

It's a 98, if you can't fix it have the dealer do it.

 

It sounds like you have a problem with the locking mechanism. Could it be possible that the hook used to hold the door close was pushed in while the door was open. It happen to me a while back on my other Honda.

 

Im pretty sure thats what happened. Im thinking it happened when the thieves who tried to steal my car kicked in the door thru fustration. because before that the door was just fine. How did you fix the door on your other Honda??

 

Open the door and while holding the handle up (as if you would open the door) try bringing the hook out (turn it so the hook goes down) with a screwdriver.
I don't know if the mechanism on my old Civic is the same as the ITR but that is how I solve the problem.
Take a look at the driver side door to see how it is suppose to be and then take a look at the passenger door, this might give you a better idead of what is wrong.

 

Are you sure you are adjusting the door catch? The chrome colored u-shaped thingy in the door jam? Are you retightening it once it is adjusted? Are you readjusting the rubber pieces so that they touch when the door closes?

Cheese~

 

I am doing everything I'm suppose to with those two things, but it still wont work...

 

uhh, have you tried taking it to the dealership? your car should still be under warranty, right?

 

no...warranty ending april 17th ...

see what pisses me off is that when the door is closed..The instrument panel indicates that its closed..but it looks open...