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trz1000 · 03-08-2010, 01:45 AM

I have not had the top off yet, was waiting till I get the torsion boxes installed. Besides needing adjustment (bottom needs to be towards the truck a bit) the driver side door is fine. The passenger door hangs up a bit on the striker plate but I'm pretty sure it's an adjustment issue. The gaps are nice and straight on both sides.

All that said, good point about not knowing if the P.O. did everything right, looks good but famous last words right?

Yes, the poly mounts are thinner than the stock mounts. I didn't bother to measure the difference as I have no idea if the stock mounts retained their original dimensions but buy eyeballing it they looked maybe 1/8" shorter. However the core support and #1 position are thicker as are the stock mounts, #2 through #5 are all the same thickness. The difference in thickness seemed to be relatively the same comparing location to location.

Thanks for the info guys, I want to get everything as correct as I can before welding in the torsion boxes.

03-08-2010, 01:45 AM	#5
trz1000 Registered User Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Portland, OR Posts: 95	Re: New body mounts, new problem... I have not had the top off yet, was waiting till I get the torsion boxes installed. Besides needing adjustment (bottom needs to be towards the truck a bit) the driver side door is fine. The passenger door hangs up a bit on the striker plate but I'm pretty sure it's an adjustment issue. The gaps are nice and straight on both sides. All that said, good point about not knowing if the P.O. did everything right, looks good but famous last words right? Yes, the poly mounts are thinner than the stock mounts. I didn't bother to measure the difference as I have no idea if the stock mounts retained their original dimensions but buy eyeballing it they looked maybe 1/8" shorter. However the core support and #1 position are thicker as are the stock mounts, #2 through #5 are all the same thickness. The difference in thickness seemed to be relatively the same comparing location to location. Thanks for the info guys, I want to get everything as correct as I can before welding in the torsion boxes.