String wind blew door open and now it scrapes the front when opening or closing

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the door was partially open, the wind blew it all the way open hard. now there is no longer the slight gap between the front quarter panel and the door. when I open and close the door the scrapes the front panel, anyone experience this and was able to fix it?
The picture with the antenna showing shows the gap that is supposed to be there, the picture without the antenna, on the driver side shows the gap is no longer there
 

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Hinges shifted.

Loosen the bolts on the body side. Not too much tho as you want to door to stay in position after you adjust it. You then move the door back towards the latch. Split the difference between the fender and the B pillar.

Couple little tricks you can use to help move the door. I prefer to use a magazine, not a pew pew one, a reading type one. You can also use bone tools or panel clip tools, but the magazine really works wonders shy of buying alignment tools.

You measure the gap between the door and the B pillar, divide that by 2 and that's how much you want it to move. Rip pages off the magazine until you get to the amount you want to move the door. Hold it in the door/fender crack and slowly start closing the door, sometimes a slight bouncing closed helps move it.

Once closed and adjusted, open the door slowly while keeping it supported and tighten the bolts back down.
 

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^^^ look on the hinge for evidence of it moving too, maybe you can see a nice shiny scrape to give you a hint on where it used to be.
 

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Looks like both doors are damaged.

I would suspect the surface of the A-pillar where the hinge mounts is bent. Also, the surface of the door where the hinge mounts may also be bent.

A good body shop can check and repair those areas. They can then re-align the door to fender gap as well as make sure the door is flush with the fender. They will also check the hinges for damage and replace as needed.

The gap can be re-aligned without fixing those areas as already suggested. However, the side of the door may not sit flush with the side of the fender when looking down the side of the truck. Also , the door may open abnormally wide.
 
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