It is not the hinges that stop the door travel. You want to check the "door
check" This can be shortened or shimmed to limit how far the door opens. 

Dennis

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Madeline
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 1:42 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: Front Door Hinge Modification?

Have any of you�ever modified the front door hinges to stop before opening
all the way?� I find that with narrow parking spaces, its hard for me to
keep my front door from hitting the car parked next to me if I'm not really
careful.� Newer cars seem to have a part-way hinge stop that helps avoid
putting a dent in the car parked next door.� I can't remember if previous
van's I've owned operated differently or if �they all do this. Thoughts
anyone?� 
�
Madeline
'87 Westie
Milko III