Hie thee to your FLAPS for some door edge guard - comes in colours too!  ;)

http://www.google.ca/search?q=door+edge+guard&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a

On Tue, Jun 28, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Rocket J Squirrel <
camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>

--
Jake

1984 Vanagon GL 1.9 WBX - 'The Grey Van'
1986 Westy Weekender/2.5 SOHC Subie - 'Dixie'

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