Type 44 window frame adjustment

[Mike Arman]

>
>Message: 4
>From: Eyvind Spangen <eyvind.spangen at c2i.net>
>To: quattro at audifans.com
>Subject: Type 44 window frame adjustment
>Date: Sun, 14 Oct 2001 19:49:34 +0200
>
>Is it possible to adjust the window frame on the rear doors of a type
>44? I have a 1/4" gap between the outer gasket and frame on my '90 V8,
>and it makes a lot of wind noise when I drive faster than 60 mph.. 
>
>If it is possible, how do you do it?
>
>-- 
>Regards,
>ES
>
>

DON'T take a two by four and pry or lever on the window frame - that
treatment is for Hyundais and other similar junk . . .

If you take the interior door trim panel off, at the lower front corner and
lower rear corner of the door you'll find a bolt with a 13 or 14mm head.
There are "Y" shaped shims between the bottom of the window frame and the
door skin. Moving these around, rotating them, switching them front to
rear, etc, makes the TOP of the window frame move in, out, etc.

The window frame is a little too beefy to try to adjust by monkey-lad
methods. If someone does succeed in bending it, they have damaged it. Move
and shuffle the shims instead.

Best Regards,

Mike Arman