StratfordShark

I'm in the middle of installing a new door stay on the right hand door (driver's side if in US!).

I know the stay has a curve, but I forgot to mark it when the original was on the car so I could install new one correct way round. But I did take lots of photos, and looking at markings on the old stay I'm pretty sure that it was on as shown in the photo (of grungy original), if you were looking down onto the top of the stay, standing with car on your left (in other words if you were sitting in car).

Can anyone please confirm or deny? Would hate to button everything up and find it was wrong way round!

Thanks.

Rob Edwards

Shouldn't it just be the mirror image of the one on the other side of the car?

StratfordShark

That's what I thought Rob, then I remembered I was parked too close to garage wall on that side to open door far enough to check!

Dismantling has gone a bit far now to move the car so can't shift it to check that way.

Thanks anyway.

dr bob

The stay as you show it is in the correct orientation for the right-side door. That's the passenger side door on US cars, driver's side for UK/AU/JP/SI/Indonesia/HK/NZ/etc cars.

Mrmerlin

from your picture that stay should go on the right side door .
The bend faces away from the car

StratfordShark

Great, thanks for confirmation. Feel better about installing the new one now!

StratfordShark

The new stay is a huge improvement.

After installing and trying the door I thought I'd jammed something, as it would normally move with little effort. With a firm tug though I found the door would move between 3 well-defined positions. The 'bumps' on the old stay were very worn down compared with the new stay.

Can't wait to do the other side now.

Install was much easier than I thought it would be with the tricky access to the allen bolts. First I pushed the top allen bolt in by feel, then as I held it there I introduced new stay from inside door, so it was east to push the top hole onto the bolt (it has to be pushed through the rubber gasket which is stuck to the stay). I then tightened by hand using a 5mm allen socket (again finding head of bolt by feel). I had put a little blue thread lock on the bolt. Once tight by hand I gave it another half turn with an allen key.

With the top bolt holding the stay in place it's not hard to find the bottom hole. With the stay arm there there wasn't room to get my fingers in, so I used the allen socket again but magnetised enough to hold the bolt on just strong enough to find the hole and get it started in the thread.

Mrmerlin

I hope that you took the time to install a new vapor barrier along with the proper water drip shields in each door cutout.
A clear shower curtain works well for this along with some brush on contact cement.

StratfordShark

Thanks for suggestion Mrmerlin but my original barrier looked pretty good. I had to peel it away from left side around the aperture for door stay, so I was just intending to get a suitable adhesive (maybe rubber cement?) that would let me glue it down but be able to peel it back in future without tearing.

By "drip shields" do you mean the extra polythene parts that I found hanging down behind the main barrier?