I have been searching a few threads on this but want some confirmations.... can I unscrew the door striker pins without the backside nut falling down into the body? The reason I ask is that I'm having a hell of a time with my driver door. I've tried moving the rear striker into various positions and it seems like I can't get the door to come down quite far enough....the front latches and looks aligned while the rear, even latched, looks to be marginally too 'high'. Yes, I have the fender loosened and am trying to mate the fender to the door, but it's not quite right. It feels like the door needs to close 1/4" or so more to be right. Although I did just replace the inner door seal and the lift piston, these don't seem to be rubbing or otherwise preventing the closure. I want to remove the striker pins and see if I can push the door closed any further. I DON'T want to lose any backer nut or bracket. I can't find really good pictures of how it all works. When I got my car (12 years ago now, wow) it had a scrape/dent on the underside of the driver door kind of like you might see if you drove the driver side front up onto a curb and the car door bottomed out on the edge of the curb. I don't know if that's what happened since it predates me, but it's that style of dent. I wonder if it might have changed some geometry at the hinges....The fender and pins could have been adjusted to an older, more worn out inner seal and I just didn't know until I put a nice new one on.
Anyone have any experience like this?
Thanks.