Check out the HELP section like at oreillys or chain part stores they have strikers and body fasteners like push pins and such to retain body panels interior and exteriorOriginally Posted by Hemlock
Finally got the guide bar re-installed today! What a total pain! I rolled the window almost all the way up and pushed the bar though the guides and then lubed up the guides and bar with lithium grease. I pushed the bar down until it hit the floor of the door and then pushed a couple of large screw driver handles into the top to spread the door skins apart to get the top of the guide bar in. I then put both my arms into the openings into the door interior and moved the bar around until it lined up with the hole in the floor of the door bottom and then pushed down from the top until it dropped into the bolt hole. I got it all adjusted and the window is now working great.
I finished the sound proofing on the floor and have now done the drivers side door. I also replaced the door panels inner dew wipe that was dried out and breaking up. I still have to do the passenger door. I went to put the door panel back on after I took some pictures and discovered that the door panel push pins were to old to reuse because they were falling apart so I had to order more from Late Model Resto. I am a little pissed at LMR right now because I ordered a new hatch striker from them a few weeks ago and they sent me the one for the 90-93 Mustang even though I ordered the correct one for my car. They are now expecting me to pay to ship it back to them even though it was totally their mistake! I also bit the bullet and ordered the heavy duty bolt kit for my new K-member and for the new rack and pinion. I still have several things I have to buy before I can do the K-Member install. The cost of all the new parts is pretty pricey to do all at once so I am buying a few parts a week until I have them all collected. The high priced items are the struts, cross drilled rotors with ceramic pads, bump steer kit and the spindles. I still haven decided whether I am going to buy new 2" drop spindles or just pick up some nice used ones. Anybody buy the 2" drop spindles? Are they worth the cash?
Here is a few pics of the sound proofing. I used GTMat's Onyx (70mil Butyl rubber) It's a smidge thinner then the Dynamat Xtreme but it was also $100 cheaper (50 Sq Ft, $160) and will work fine.
Almost have the carpet completely re-installed and now I'm just waiting for the parts from LMR so I can complete the doors.
Thank you for taking the time to read my posts and for the cool compliments!
Robert
Granted there are some parts that are unique and special
DOORMAN online has pieces as well
I'm kinda shocked that your getting razzled by LMR they hit the market strong and seem to be doing well for service
To loose a customer over shipping charges and such is not good for something so minor but very understandable from your point of concern
So just a heads HELP section at autopart stores may have what you need
Curios though what's the difference in the striker for hatch?
Body of the retainer too big or too small ? Too long too short ?
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I feel the car would lose a lot of it's charm if it didn't still look stock under the hood.
Last month I pulled the strut tower brace plus air cleaner and sure enough the crappy Spectre "braided" hose setup I had on there was dripping at 2 of the connection points. Rather then tightening all of the hose clamps and trying to fix what in my opinion was a sub-standard fuel system I decided to bite the bullet and spend the cash on a braided -AN style fueling system from the fuel pump to the carburetor and through the Nitrous system. These days I hate substandard parts and figured it would be worth the extra cash to have piece of mind that the fuel system was "rock solid". I spent around $150 on all the parts I needed to make the system work at first. I bought Summit brand -AN parts trying to save a few bucks but found the Summit parts leaked as bad if not worse then the crappy Spectre stuff with hose clamps! Keep in mind I had them send 2 sets of Summit brand parts. The first set leaked like a sieve and the second had just a single annoying drip but it was still a leak so it had to go! It took over a month messing with the Summit parts shipping it back and forth waiting for them to send the replacement parts just to find the new parts leaked too! I eventually ended up spending just over $200 buying Earl's duel carb feeder and all Russell premade hoses and -AN fittings. No leak problems now! Summit was decent about the whole ordeal with no problems doing the exchanges but I am a little more leery of the Summit products now! I am not sure if I would roll the dice on any more of their products. I will definitely be reading the reviews now because there was a few people complaining about the same problems I had with those particular parts. Drove the car last night and it runs great with no gas smell! 
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