the idea is to provide an intermediate 'bump' on the limit strap thingey, so
it can stop opening at about 55 to 60 % open, so as to not hit another car
parked alongside, yet  it can open all the way in the normal manner the rest
of the time.  Like a detent there, like an older Mercedes has.
I'm going to pull a limit strap off a parts vanagon of mine and see it's
easy to modify one of those metal limiting strap thingeys, for just this
purpose.
Seems very doable to me so far.
Scott
www.turbovans.com

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dennis Haynes" <d23haynes57@HOTMAIL.COM>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Saturday, September 19, 2009 6:56 PM
Subject: Re: Front Door Hinge Modification?

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