The pics were just taken with a regular camera while the door was torn apart to put sound deadener in it. I take pictures of everything and just happened to have one at the right angle to see the door brake.

 

Thought I would share the awesome solution my boyfriend came up with for the Door Check. I've been struggling with the door slamming on my shin since I bought it in 04. We were replacing the window motor and he decided to check it out. First, here is what the stock door check in my car looks like:


In the photo above, you can see the little dog ears that hold the mechanism that squeezes the check together. Inside are two pieces of white plastic that pinch against the black arm and supposedly keep the door open. Then there are also two rubber blocks that help hold the pressure.

We pried the ears back and opened the metal part (the part at the bottom of this photo) and removed the white plastic and rubber pieces. He ground the white pieces down a bit (because they are designed to press against each other inside that housing, and the hole between them is too big, making the arm and bulges ineffective) so they now are tighter, and the best part (get this) is that we put two dimes in as spacers. They were just slightly too big for the opening, so he ground one side flat and it now works perfectly.

I REALLY WISH I had taken some photos,I know the description is not perfect, but once you get those ears open and look inside this will make perfect sense.

It should be noted that in order to get the Door Check out of the car, the door card has to be removed and you access the door check through the speaker hole (so the speaker has to come out too) The previous post shows a photo of the inside of the door and the silver square visible above the speaker magnet is the part we altered. Royal pain in the butt but he made it look easy, and I giggle with glee every time I open the door and it doesn't slam shut again

 

Maui, thank you so much for contributing to an old thread with highly worthwhile information!

I have experienced this problem on my Z since I bought it, but have grown used to it. I while have to take the door apart and check this out when I have free time. Nice work!

 

Hopefully you manage to get some photos to make sense of my description 😁

 

I had forgotten how irritating this is - especially when parked on an incline.

 

Looking for a solution to this issue on my son's car, thanks for posting the info and others the photos--very helpful as we keep these older Zs on road.

 

Most of the time the auto closing door is awesome, there are a few times when it's not lol.

 

There are two main ways I have seen through research online.

OPTION 1: Replace door stopper with an OEM part from the GTR


OPTION 2: Shove a piece of plastic inside the door stopper


I hope these links are helpful.
I know I'm bumping an old thread, but this issue will persist until the year all 350z cars are extinct.

 

WOW what great information. I read the entire thread and was waiting on the answer about just going through the speaker hole. I'm not sure why Zefix took off the door panel, which I'm afraid to do.

 

Best get over the fear because when (not if) the window motors and or door handles (inside and outside) go bad (and they will), you'll need to remove the door cards. It's really no big deal at all. A couple/few 10mm (head) bolts, some screws, a set of cheap panel removal tools, done. Five minutes, tops (even stopping to sip your coffee.) (OK, first time, maybe 10-15 mins)

 

Yep, I'm about to change the driver side outside door handle. Found a great thread on that with details on how to do it, wo taking off the door panel I may add.

 

Ah yes, that's true. Been a while since I've owned my 33 (and longer since replacing the exterior handle. Heck, even forgot it's vertically oriented! 🤣