I need a measurement, please

[jayman68]

I am converting some pickup doors to Suburban front doors. I have the window frames, but when I got them I neglected a critical measurement.
I didn't get the measurement from the front corner to the back corner.
Any help would be much appreciated!

[Beelzeburb]

23 3/8" on mine. That's measured in the same spot with the tape measure in the exact same position. I measured until right where the window frame starts to descend. It looks like your guesstimation was only off about 1/16" from my Suburban's door.

[jayman68]

Excellent, that is perfect. Thank you.

[-Greg72]

Be careful accepting measurements from someone else's tape measure....

That little "tab" on the tape can be bent slightly (either in or out) and easily give you 1/8" variation. If you use the same tape for everything it doesn't matter, but in this case if it's truly critical you should be extra careful with the measurements.

A lot of times I'll actually start at the 1" mark instead of using the tab just to make sure I'm getting a more precise value.


-G

[Beelzeburb]

Originally Posted by -Greg72

Be careful accepting measurements from someone else's tape measure....

Even different tape measure manufacturers and / or a printing flaw could throw things off. I used to work in a factory where we periodically had to make sure our tape measures were within spec of a static length.

Even though mine is a Suburban door, it could vary slightly from someone else's Suburban door depending on who built that door that day and if it was close to spec at the factory or a little off too.

Either way, I re-measured at the 1" mark and got the same result (well, plus 1").

[jayman68]

Thank you Beelzeburb. And thanks for the caution Greg72. Accuracy is important.