When I was getting into the van in a parking lot yesterday, the door
swung wider than it should have and briefly touched the side of the car
parked next to me. As I climbed in, my weight drew the tip of the van
door downward, leaving a comma-shaped scrape in the paint of his gas cap
door.

The guy who owned the car wasn't bothered, it had plenty of scrapes on
it. But if it had been a shiny new expensive luxury sedan I might have
been in doo-doo.

The bottom edge of the door on my van is just painted metal. I wish it
didn't want to swing wide so easily -- other cars I've owned had
"detents" where the door could be parked in a partially-open position. I
often am using both hands to pull myself up into the seat so I can't
hold the door at the same time.

 Is there some kind of pre-fabbed rubber or vinyl trim strip that can be
applied there to reduce the scratch potential?

-- RJS