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ermax · 11-21-2017, 05:20 PM

Mine has 84k and does it on both sides but way worse on the drivers side. I’m sure that is due to 10 times the use of the passenger door.

WNDSRFR · 11-22-2017, 12:54 PM

I just did ermax's mod and it works great! I can finally park in my driveway, open the door, AND IT STAYS OPEN!!! Even if the wind is blowing I can bounce up and down in the seat and THE DOOR STAYS OPEN! But instead of using duct tape, I used shims made from an alcohol bottle. This is the best mod I have done to the car yet. And it was free. Took about a half hour of my time but it was well worth it. A thousand thanks.

This should be in the DIY section. I'm sure there are thousands of people who can benefit from this.

ermax · 11-22-2017, 01:03 PM

Glad it helped. I think I will redo mine today with a milk jug or what ever I can find. The duct tape is working but my driveway is fairly steep and I think it could use just a little more shim.

ermax · 11-22-2017, 05:32 PM

Okay I redid mine with one layer of milk jug and it actually was worse than it was when I had three layers of duct tape. So I took it off again and added a second layer of milk jug. I’m sure this will very depending on the milk jug and depending on how worn your stay check is. My door is supper tight now. Almost too tight. I can open it on my slopped driveway and jump on the car and it stays open. I can also close it to the mid point and jump on it and it still will not close.

I saw someone talking about how hard it is to pull the stay check once it is removed from the door. You can avoid this problem by not fully extending it before removing it. What you do is only open the door to the first detent. It will be open just enough to get an extension with 10mm on the bolt. Once the bolt is removed you can freely open the door to the max without it extending the stay check. With the door fully open you can now access the two 10mm nuts.

So now when you get the stay check in your bare hands it will not be fully contracted or extended. So it is easy to disassemble and modify.

Pictures:
https://imgur.com/gallery/49Hfg

It can also be tricky smashing the rubber bushings back into the housing with your bare hands. A work around for this is to wedge them in just a little and then put the cover plate back on and use the 10mm nuts to compress the bushing back into the housing.

Poodles · 11-23-2017, 12:55 AM

Ugh, that whole mechanism needs a redesign. Going to wear out fast.

11-22-2017, 05:32 PM	#18
ermax Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Drives: 2022 BRZ Limited Silver Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 2,533 Thanks: 883 Thanked 2,049 Times in 1,191 Posts Mentioned: 68 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Better Door Stays? Okay I redid mine with one layer of milk jug and it actually was worse than it was when I had three layers of duct tape. So I took it off again and added a second layer of milk jug. I’m sure this will very depending on the milk jug and depending on how worn your stay check is. My door is supper tight now. Almost too tight. I can open it on my slopped driveway and jump on the car and it stays open. I can also close it to the mid point and jump on it and it still will not close. I saw someone talking about how hard it is to pull the stay check once it is removed from the door. You can avoid this problem by not fully extending it before removing it. What you do is only open the door to the first detent. It will be open just enough to get an extension with 10mm on the bolt. Once the bolt is removed you can freely open the door to the max without it extending the stay check. With the door fully open you can now access the two 10mm nuts. So now when you get the stay check in your bare hands it will not be fully contracted or extended. So it is easy to disassemble and modify. Pictures: https://imgur.com/gallery/49Hfg It can also be tricky smashing the rubber bushings back into the housing with your bare hands. A work around for this is to wedge them in just a little and then put the cover plate back on and use the 10mm nuts to compress the bushing back into the housing.

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11-21-2017, 05:20 PM	#15
ermax Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Drives: 2022 BRZ Limited Silver Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 2,533 Thanks: 883 Thanked 2,049 Times in 1,191 Posts Mentioned: 68 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Mine has 84k and does it on both sides but way worse on the drivers side. I’m sure that is due to 10 times the use of the passenger door.

11-22-2017, 12:54 PM	#16
WNDSRFR Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2014 Drives: FR-S,GTI Location: Cocoa, Florida Posts: 1,191 Thanks: 237 Thanked 872 Times in 443 Posts Mentioned: 13 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	I just did ermax's mod and it works great! I can finally park in my driveway, open the door, AND IT STAYS OPEN!!! Even if the wind is blowing I can bounce up and down in the seat and THE DOOR STAYS OPEN! But instead of using duct tape, I used shims made from an alcohol bottle. This is the best mod I have done to the car yet. And it was free. Took about a half hour of my time but it was well worth it. A thousand thanks. This should be in the DIY section. I'm sure there are thousands of people who can benefit from this.

11-22-2017, 01:03 PM	#17
ermax Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2017 Drives: 2022 BRZ Limited Silver Location: Jacksonville, FL Posts: 2,533 Thanks: 883 Thanked 2,049 Times in 1,191 Posts Mentioned: 68 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Glad it helped. I think I will redo mine today with a milk jug or what ever I can find. The duct tape is working but my driveway is fairly steep and I think it could use just a little more shim.

11-23-2017, 12:55 AM	#19
Poodles Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Drives: 2015 Series.Blue Location: Fort Worth, TX Posts: 1,781 Thanks: 88 Thanked 781 Times in 481 Posts Mentioned: 16 Post(s) Tagged: 0 Thread(s)	Ugh, that whole mechanism needs a redesign. Going to wear out fast.

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