3800 Passenger door and front fender rubbing very bad!

[Royalgtp]

Almost overnight my passenger door and front fender are majorly hitting each other. I can only open the door about 4-6 inches and then i will be bending som major metal.

At this point, the door gap is entirely consistent all the way around and I lifted the door and if felt fine. I did it to the other driver door which is working, and it actually moved up and down a bit......unlike the non working door which didnt move up and down.

So, I cant open the door to adjust anything, so Im thinking I need to take the front fender off and then open the door and adjust it???

How long to take the fender off and re adjust the door? Will I need new bolts for the door?

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[smug]

Make sure that the lower door molding is not comming loose from the door, that will grab the fender and bend it up because there is little to no clearence there. How does the door open and close? When you open it does it drop a little? If it does then you may need to adjust the door otherwise leave it alone. Loosen the two bottom bolts to the fender and try to slide it foward a little to widen the gap between the door a fender. Also you can take something flat and very gently pry the fender so it sticks out just past the door edge. You can wrap a layer or masking tape or duct tape around whatevery tool you use to avoid chipping the paint.

 

[imported_GraFFix]

+1 on the lower door molding mine did that on one of my back doors...confused the hell out of me at first when i couldnt open it all the way.

 

[Royalgtp]

It is pinching at the middle of the door and bad too........Ill take another look though.