Porsche Enthusiasts Club Forum

Hi All

I bought one of Jaegers "Door Arrestor Kits" form someone on Ebay brand new...

It is total and utter crap lol.... do NOT even think about buying one...

Its basically a metal strap that bolts over the current one to increase the thickness and its MEANT to make your door stay open if it doesnt now through wear...

Its made of the cheapest steel you could find, whereas it SHOULD be made of unbreakable sprung steel...

You get two of them plus two washers and two plastic tie wraps would you believe lol

I bent one in seconds then it snapped in two places.

Total rubblish, highly NOT recommended....

All the best Brett

..., that,s good to know ! , or more like, bad to know ?

I know the Jaeger kits are meant to be super-quick fix, but it was quite an enjoyable and quick job to install new Porsche door stays on both sides of my S4 and it's lovely how afterwards the doors hold in 3 fixed positions. I will try to do write-up for All Torque sometime if Tony is interested as I took photos (even if people don't want to do door stays, instructions for removing door cards relevant for a few other jobs).

I would like to see how to remove the door cards. The leather on top of the door card is all loose.

2 questions for Brett,

1 - What were you doing to it to make it snap in 2 places?

2 - Did you fit one? Or is it just the material that is crap? Do they actually work?

I think if I was going to do it, I would go the whole hog and fit new Porsche ones.

There a few threads that say they work okay... some pix in the first link btw. Have a similar issue on my 44.

http://www.ritech-systems.com/928_door_catches.html

http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/9 ... y-car.html


http://forums.rennlist.com/rennforums/9 ... kit-2.html

Hi

Its meant to fit into the door hole and slide over the top of the Porsche one..I suspect it jammed inside the door somewhere, you cannot see in there as you are meant to be able to fit this kit without removing the door card.

So when I went to close the door, it jammed and firstly bent the arrestor, then snapped into two pieces when I went to remove it...

Its total rubbish, both in materials and design, if it did fit properly you are meant to fit a plastic tie wrap around the middle to hold it to the Porsche arrestor, there is no way in the world that a plastic tie wrap could take the sort of pressures that a closing door creates...

When I have the time I will now fit the new genuine arrestors that Adrian fitted as did my brother on his 928 and they worked perfectly...

These kits are a waste of time and money, IF they were made of sprung high tensile steel, they "might" work, but as they are, total rubbish...

All the best Brett

Hi All

Today I fitted both Porsche door arrestors , instead of those crap aftermarket ones...

They cost about £20 each (they are the same part...not sided)

Fairly simple job of around 30 minutes a side, remove door card and fit new ones through the holes where old ones have been removed...

Both doors now have 3 positive positions when you open them although I am a bit unsure why the first position is only around 5 inches of door opening, I know I am not as slim as I was, but not sure anyone could fit through that gap lol

Another job done that hopefully wont need doing for another 25 years

All the best Brett

I do like getting a victory, no matter how small. Glad it is fixed, and I'll buy the one's off OPC when I do mine.

Hi Lee

Glad to see you taking my advice about those crap ones, I wouldnt want anyone else to spend money on them

All the best Brett