Door latches / stricker plates

[David Horsnell]

Has anyone got any tips or advice as to how to fit the striker plates to the body. Catches are fitted to the doors but can't find an easy (or hard) way to mark the holes to mount the strikers to the bodywork and I'd rather not drill big holes to get alot of adjustment in case the plate moves about in use.

Thanks
David

[m eeley]

David

When I did mine (seems like a long time ago!) having fitted the lock and interior handle in the door I then fitted the striker to the lock and then gently closed the door.

With the door very nearly closed mark the centreline of the striker onto the door shut, and with the door in its closed position mark the inner edge of the striker plate on the door shut.

Now you can open the door, release the striker from the lock and align it on the marks you have just made and mark the fixing holes.

I had to make up shims to go behind the striker to position it correctly.

Its worth checking a couple of times to get it right.

I hope this makes sense and is of help.

Mark

[David Horsnell]

Thanks, I'll give a go tomorrow

David

[Dan]

I agree with the above aproach. The best way to get the holes drilled in the correct place to fit the latching mechanism to the inside it to make a cardboard template that you mark the position of the holes in the latch. you should then be able to use your template to mark where the opening slot is to be cut and the 3 holes need to be drilled.

The passenger side striker plate needs to be space about 8-10mm, I used an M8 Nut (a non-nylock)

Good luck...


Dan ~ http://homepage.ntlworld.com/danny.mann/

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[AndyC]

I used a cut down striker plate (with the door latch cut off) as a shim. That way, it isn't ovious that it has been shimmed. Also reused the back plate from the Sierra piller to bolt through to spread the load on the fibreglass... :tu