correct gaps

[Greg Erickson]

Can anybody tell me the correct gaps for body panels before paint?
Is the dimension the same for doors, hood, and engine compartment?

[Will Scheidegger]

According to James Schraeger ("Buying, Driving, and Enjoying the Porsche 356") the gaps should be about 3.5mm for doors, hood and engine lid.

Best regards,
Will

[David Gensler]

There is an article describing Roadster production at D'Ieteren which includes a photo of a worker using a tool to check the gaps. This article describes the gap as 3mm. I think this was from the Christophorus magazine in the early '60s.
DG

[Greg Erickson]

Thanks guys for the info....I think I will go with 3.5mm.
I am not sure how thick the paint will wind up, and don't want it to be a problem.

[Carl Zapffe]

Hi, Greg,

This is a common question that seems to come up about every six months on this Forum. Searching through our archives yielded the following posts:

Door Gaps

http://porsche356registry.org/356talk/t ... =1&t=24474

what are the panel gaps meant to be

http://porsche356registry.org/356talk/t ... =1&t=17258

door and hood gaps

http://porsche356registry.org/356talk/t ... =1&t=13845

HOOD GAPS

http://porsche356registry.org/356talk/t ... f=1&t=9324

Panel Gaps

http://porsche356registry.org/356talk/t ... f=1&t=8595

The consensus seems to be to go with 3.5 mm to allow for paint thickness. I hope that this helps!

[Greg Erickson]

Thanks Carl....that helps a lot.

[Matt Kreeve]

Hi, Greg,

This is a common question that seems to come up about every six months on this Forum. Searching through our archives yielded the following posts:

Door Gaps

http://porsche356registry.org/356talk/t ... =1&t=24474

what are the panel gaps meant to be

http://porsche356registry.org/356talk/t ... =1&t=17258

door and hood gaps

http://porsche356registry.org/356talk/t ... =1&t=13845

HOOD GAPS

http://porsche356registry.org/356talk/t ... f=1&t=9324

Panel Gaps

http://porsche356registry.org/356talk/t ... f=1&t=8595

The consensus seems to be to go with 3.5 mm to allow for paint thickness. I hope that this helps!

I've found many of these type links dont work - is that because of the 'move' or am I missing something?!
THANKS IN ADVANCE!

Matt

[Martin Benade]

I also found none of these working. Is there a way to do it?

[Matt Kreeve]

Martin there is a mention of the 'archive' - see resources drop down menu at top right then bottom option - but even searching there didn't yield anything useful - i used the searches mentioned in Carl's thread ("what are the panel gaps meant to be" etc..)

Hopefully there's a way which we just don't know ... yet

[Mike Wilson]

If you hit a dead end on the archive search, just Google the topic. It'll show the previous threads.

Mike

[Jay Darlington]

Stoddard has the tool 9.00 and some change
Jay D.

[Charles H Jacobus]

Which parts use the 3mm and 4mm?

ChuckJ

[Greg Bryan]

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=24474
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=17258
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=13845
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=9324
viewtopic.php?f=1&t=8595

I was able to renew these links using moderator tools - I'll experiment and see if I can come up with a way that anyone can look for an old link based on the thread number, which is the number on the end of the link.

[Greg Bryan]

After fooling around a bit, the obvious solution to renew a link is to use the links format that is in the emails sent to you when you are subscribed to a thread.
Example: "viewtopic.php?f=1&t=44680" (it's in quotes to prevent it from turning into a link for this example)
If you type the link exactly as it is inside the quotation marks, and replace the thread number with the one you're interested in, you go to that thread.
The link is truncated when displayed in a post.

[Mervyn Hyde]

As do others, I always use " site:forum.porsche356registry.org " and add the enquiry before the word 'site' with a space in between.