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  • zaq123
    E30 Fanatic
    • Jul 2016
    • 1364

    #1

    door trim alignment question

    Is this normal for e30s to have door to quarter window trim misaligned like this? There is no more room at quarter panel trip slotted holes to push the whole thing any lower. Door was aligned to rear quarter panel (no trim was installed) and it's perfect there. Only the top trim and the lower window sill trim are off. Is it common or there is some trick to this?

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  • 82eye
    E30 Mastermind
    • Jan 2009
    • 1898

    #2
    no its not normal. your door alignment is screwed. . for a 40ish yr old car it's probably pretty good lol.

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    • zaq123
      E30 Fanatic
      • Jul 2016
      • 1364

      #3
      Originally posted by 82eye
      no its not normal. your door alignment is screwed. . for a 40ish yr old car it's probably pretty good lol.
      haha....shrinkage. Seriously though....I'm putting this car back together piece by piece and notice stuff like that. I never looked it it was like this before honestly..

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      • zaq123
        E30 Fanatic
        • Jul 2016
        • 1364

        #4
        Originally posted by 82eye
        no its not normal. your door alignment is screwed. . for a 40ish yr old car it's probably pretty good lol.
        haha....shrinkage. Seriously though....I'm putting this car back together piece by piece and notice stuff like that. I never looked if it was like this before honestly..

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        • e30davie
          E30 Mastermind
          • Apr 2016
          • 1788

          #5
          Lots of adjustments to be made via the hinges. but it can be alot of screwing around, seems easy until you try and all of a sudden the door doesn't close hah.

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          • zaq123
            E30 Fanatic
            • Jul 2016
            • 1364

            #6
            Originally posted by e30davie
            Lots of adjustments to be made via the hinges. but it can be alot of screwing around, seems easy until you try and all of a sudden the door doesn't close hah.
            door is perfectly alight as far as the fender and the rear quarter panel is. I didn't take the fender pic put you can see its in line with the rear quarter. Gaps are all even. If I align mouldings, the door won't be aligned to panels. Hence my question for some special trick to get this done

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            • 82eye
              E30 Mastermind
              • Jan 2009
              • 1898

              #7
              Originally posted by zaq123

              door is perfectly alight as far as the fender and the rear quarter panel is. I didn't take the fender pic put you can see its in line with the rear quarter. Gaps are all even. If I align mouldings, the door won't be aligned to panels. Hence my question for some special trick to get this done
              you already have it aligned to the hoffmeister kink. that is the determining line as far as body continuity is concerned. it's also the line your eye will follow. if that appears off it won't matter that the trim lines up. it will look off even more.

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                • strickland
                  Wrencher
                  • Sep 2018
                  • 214

                  #9
                  You could adjust / nudge the trim to improve the visual lines.
                  1989 325is ✨

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                  • zaq123
                    E30 Fanatic
                    • Jul 2016
                    • 1364

                    #10
                    Originally posted by strickland
                    You could adjust / nudge the trim to improve the visual lines.
                    b pillar trim snaps in only one spot (slots on the door frame dictate its position). The same for the door frame moulding.. It just snaps in with no adjustment. I can possibly try removing rear quarter window again and it's trim, remove rivets and reposition it but it was never disassembled after BMW had its hands on it so not sure I want to mess with it. I just wasn't sure if it's normal. I looked at some pics of all original E30s for sale on BaT and it looks like that trim alignment is hit and miss. Different levels of good/bad from car to car

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                    • strickland
                      Wrencher
                      • Sep 2018
                      • 214

                      #11
                      The chrome / silver trim at the base of the window can at least be nudged upward to align with the other trim. I recently removed and replaced mine. There is a bit of wiggle room to slide it up or down using plastic trim tools (and patience). I made a post about it here:

                      1989 325is ✨

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