Bending door back into shape

[NotAGolf]

Had a nice little suprise yesterday when I went out to the garage. Some delightful soul(s) attempted to get into my car. There's crowbar marks all around the passenger side door. The lock's been smashed in too, but fortunately still works. The door still opens and closes fine. The window is intact but can no longer be opened. Luckily they didn't manage to get in.

The top edge of the door was hanging out by about 2 inches. With a bit welly I've pushed it back in so now it looks like this:


Any hints on how I can get it back into position? It's on it's last legs anyway, so I don't want to spend any money on it since I've just paid a few hundred for the MOT and tax. I'm thinking a block of wood and a hammer, but I'm worried about cracking the window.

I'm not concerned about looks as it's been ruined by all the crowbar marks anyway. It's just so everything stays dry when it rains.

 

[NotAGolf]

Presumably it's just the bend in the door frame that's stopping the window from opening. If so you should be able to push the top of the door frame into place and hold it there whilst someone else opens the window.

Once the glass is out of the way you're free to bend the frame back properly without worrying about the glass breaking.

Didn't think of that. Nice idea. My concern would be that I wouldn't be able to get it straight enough and then I wouldn't be able to do the window back up.

What on earth could be worth stealing from an old fiesta?

God knows. I don't know what they were thinking, if you have a crowbar and wanted to get in the car you'd put the window through. There was no concern about making a noise based on the state of the lock they'd tried to smash in.

To those mentioning a new door from a scrappy, I don't think it's worth that hassle, I don't want to spend the cash and without colour matching it'll look ridiculous. The car is in the garage for 90% of the year, so leakage would only be a problem while out and about (which is rare).