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How difficult is it to fit door stays I have a 4/4 new build Nov 2013 so fairly new to maintenance and improvements oh do have the standard and not lowline/ long door car. Also is the Librands kit better quality than factory items? RogT
RogT Old Git Racer ex 4/4 sand 2013
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Post model year '97 it will be a long door...
Graham (G4FUJ)
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It's ever so slightly fiddly to fit the stays and you need to protect the front wing when the door is not restrained.
Otherwise it's OK - just be careful with the screws into the door frame, because there's a tiny chance that they could touch and distort the outer door skin. Take your time with it.
The Librands kit is excellent.
DaveW
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The Librands kit is excellent.
Agree 100%. They work almost as well as the door stays on a modern production car, but look so much better. Agree also about the screws. I nibbed about a quater of an inch off the long ones and smoothed the end.
Peter,
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Newtown Motors fitted them to my 13reg +4 before I picked it up, they work extremely well and look good.
Keith
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On my 2010 Plus 4 the steel tube over the dash top and behind the dash had 2 holes each side already drilled for the fixing bolts of Librands door stays.
Feel around the carpet opposite the door check strap and you should feel the holes - then open out a hole in the carpet for the bolts.
This aligned the door stop exactly with the screw holes left by the leather check strap.
Howard
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And even on a 1990 4/4 it was not that difficult. I think that on the newer Morgans with the scuttle roll bar they are a bit more simple to install. They work perfectly well on my Morgan, now almost for one year and they do look great!
Ruut Bianchi
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Am I the only one who doesn't like the look of them?
Jays
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Am I the only one who doesn't like the look of them? I don't like then either, far to clunky for my taste.
Martin (Deano)
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