Back door drop. Cracked door skin.

[Shayne]

But you've only got 3 doors Shayne, how can that be an upgrade?

I will never understand a designer putting seats in the back of a car, then making those who want to use them climb over the front passenger and driver to get to them .

Aye but having to use the low box on tarmac winding climbs to follow an 80 sort of makes up for it

Surprised you of all people liked my comment Joe - don't tell me you still miss your 90 series ?

 

[silvercruiser]

Aye but having to use the low box on tarmac winding climbs to follow an 80 sort of makes up for it

Surprised you of all people liked my comment Joe - don't tell me you still miss your 90 series ?

lol, no i love the new 120 just wish i still had the rear difflock like the 95 series had. I will let you all laugh at the ATRAC in a few weeks time when im stuck at lincomb Apart from that it does slightly more MPG and carrys me and family across to our adventures in comfort.

 

[Rob Cowell]

Now sell it and upgrade to a 90 series

I had one of those before! Still got another 25K miles to do in this one to beat it. The 120 is a much nicer car for what I use it for I'm afraid.

 

[Jureb]

View attachment 106495 Finally got round to looking at / bodging this. Take off spare wheel from door. Unbolt the door stopper. Undo one hinge bolt at a time, there's a plate that I think will drop if you did two bolts together. Get Mrs C to lift the door and slide in M10 penny washers. Door now closes perfectly. Will have to keep an eye on the split in the skin join.

Very good. I am glad this worked. I am experiencing a problem with a little saggy rear door (5 to 10 mm sag at the latch). The doors still latch and lock but without a "click", I have to shut it a bit harder in order to close them.
How did you decide if you should use 1 or 2 or 3 washers? For the upper bolt you used 2 washers and for the bottom 3 washers, why?

 

[Rob Cowell]

Very good. I am glad this worked. I am experiencing a problem with a little saggy rear door (5 to 10 mm sag at the latch). The doors still latch and lock but without a "click", I have to shut it a bit harder in order to close them.
How did you decide if you should use 1 or 2 or 3 washers? For the upper bolt you used 2 washers and for the bottom 3 washers, why?

Just trial and error to see how it lined up. Still closes fine, 4 years later.

 

[Jureb]

Just trial and error to see how it lined up. Still closes fine, 4 years later.

Perfect. I fitted 1 set of washers and it solved my issue. The doors now close like a charm.

 

[Harry B]

View attachment 106495 Finally got round to looking at / bodging this. Take off spare wheel from door. Unbolt the door stopper. Undo one hinge bolt at a time, there's a plate that I think will drop if you did two bolts together. Get Mrs C to lift the door and slide in M10 penny washers. Door now closes perfectly. Will have to keep an eye on the split in the skin join.

Not sure i'll get a reply. But we have had the same issue happen to our 2006 Prado. Did you have any further issues with the skin join? Did you do anything to repair it?

 

[Rob Cowell]

Not sure i'll get a reply. But we have had the same issue happen to our 2006 Prado. Did you have any further issues with the skin join? Did you do anything to repair it?

It never got any worse. Did about 60,000 miles on it after my "fix".