Patent ID: 8322762

Claim:
A vehicle, comprising: a vehicle body defining an opening; a door mounted to the body for movement between a closed position, wherein the door is disposed within the opening, and an open position, wherein the door is at least partially outside of the opening; an adjustable wedge assembly, the adjustable wedge assembly including: a base portion fixed to one of the vehicle body and the door, and a wedge portion disposed in a sliding relationship with respect to the base portion such that the wedge portion is movable relative to the base portion between a plurality of positions including a first position, a second position and at least one intermediate position between the first position and the second position; a contact surface disposed on the other of the vehicle body and the door; a spacer removably attached to one of the wedge portion and the contact surface during assembly of the vehicle, wherein the spacer is substantially planar and has a thickness that corresponds to a predetermined gap between the wedge portion and the contact surface, and the wedge portion and the contact surface are positioned so that the spacer is interposed between and in engagement with the contact surface and the wedge portion when the door is moved from the open position to the closed position during assembly of the vehicle; and a mechanism to fix the position of the wedge portion relative to the base portion after the door moves from the open to the closed position during assembly of the vehicle, wherein the mechanism includes at least one of a detent or a fastener.