A2 Driver's Door Adjustment

PaulH

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Hi, collected this March 2001 registered A2 1.4TDI (75BHP) with 113,000 miles on Monday from a dealer near Newark. Tidy for 19yrs old, minor body scuffs but nothing serious. Dark grey leather interior has held up well, faring better than fabric of similar age. I wondered if this example is known on here previously? Came with a driver's window deflector which I removed as it spoilt clean lines, in my opinion. Annoyingly deflector appears to have distorted rubber door seal with resulting gap between seal and door frame, causing a little water ingress over last two days...

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Driver's door seal with gap, front passenger side below with snug fitting seal..

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A handy friend has adjusted/tightened door bolts and retaining door bracket on frame to bring door in closer, which it has but couldn't see bolts to adjust door height - does the door card need removing to get to bolts to allow door height adjustment..?

Thanks.
 
To me it looks like the aluminium frame that the window is seated in is actually slightly squiffy - ie low at the rear end. The frame bolts into the door frame with torx screws that (if I remember?) have an eccentric outer allowing you to move them up and down / forwards / backwards while loosened to get those seals to seat properly. I'm pretty certain that @Sarge here has tutorials to step-wise dismantle the door to get to the adjusters - here we are :

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I've got a door replacement job that will involve swapping a window frame over to a new outer panel, so finding this was important for me too - seeing your question prompted me to look for it - there is so much useful advice here. Best of luck!
 
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