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Anyone having problems with doors sliding off

I've created a shock absorber for the door track, door opening on a hill can be a problem if a punter opens door with any kind of force, I'm sure you know what I mean

Anyway I use an empty 10mil e-cig liquid plastic bottle, cutting it in half, using the bottom half I fill it tightly with sponge, I then gaffer tape the bottle covering the whole bottle, encasing the sponge, I then due to its flexibility squeeze in to the track where the door settles when fully open, the sponge within allows the door to hold when loading a wheel chair or facing down a hill, it works well, I've never had a problem, it also wares well

I also gaffer tape the back of the kick plate below the passenger seats, again no problems with cracks appearing, it works that's good enough for me

Any other tips welcome

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Alway's been about Tightening the Grip!

Good fix, why don't the conversion companies do the same?

They probably don't use ecigs!

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Grandad,

Maybe a rubber stopper will do the trick.

Hard rubber would stop the door latching open. Softer rubber would rip after a few hits.

Shouldn't be beyond the wit of the manufacturers to come up with a solution though.

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The way I do it is durable plus I can make them up as I go through them but I'm still on the first ones, sometimes the simplest of ideas eh

Just a wee plastic bottle, cut the top off, fill tightly with sponge, wrap with gaffer, job done

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Alway's been about Tightening the Grip!

Kudos to you Dougie, but you shouldn't need to do this. The manufacturers should have sorted this ages ago

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Agreed Gus but it's probably not in the manufacturers best interest to make parts that last or solve issues

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