This was today!
Spent about 30 minutes on the car today, but they were deeply satisfying! No, I didn't get a bunk up in it!
My tame mechanic was insistent that a bodyshop would just use a jack to adjust the door and talked me through the process. There is a little bit of a technique, but I'll keep that private out of respect to Gareth and his business. I can't recommend Gareth at ACE Engineering, Billinghurst enough - I've travelled from Kent to Sussex on a number of occasions as his service, expertise and coffee is that good.
Start:
About a good inch drop there.
Got the jack underneath the door and got busy! Took a few goes to get it right.
Halfway though:
And to finish:
http://youtu.be/uLwjUGKyGM8
I thought that this would be a pro-only job according to what I'd read elsewhere, but I guess good advice from someone you trust goes a long way. This door was properly annoying and now it isn't. Cheers Gareth!
Then I attacked the interior with some Autoglym interior shampoo. Got out all kinds of filth off the cream headlining, A, B and C pillar trims. It was properly manky in there - must have been smoked in, I guess. Although I did have the Inbetweeners sketch in my head where following the trip to Caravan Club, Neil's spunk is all over the car and he argues that Simon should clean it up because it's his car... I dread to think what various youths have done in this car over the years.
No pictures of this. I'm not some 50:50, Detailing World wanker.
Finally, my back garden got all Blair Witch... No, not a paranormal episode, just the home made camera mounts getting a luck of primer and then satin black. My mate Nige was insistent that they would look more professional that way. He was right too...
