How to set the Ikea freezer compartment so that it closes?

Hello everyone,

some time ago we successfully assembled a new Ikea kitchen.
At that time, we took quite a while to fit the refrigerator door so that it closes in the Faktum tall cabinet with 3 doors. We have a fridge-freezer combo.
The tall cabinet stands with its left side against the wall. On the right side of the carcass, we screwed on a colored panel so that nothing of the carcass is visible anymore. That is where the countertop begins.
The panel is known to protrude slightly, so that it forms a level surface when the door is closed.

Now to the problem:

I can only close the door of the refrigerator and the freezer if it rubs against the panel. The door cannot be adjusted with the hinges to move it further away from the panel. While trying different adjustments, it even got worse.

Does anyone have an idea how I could solve this? I hope I have made myself reasonably clear.
The hinges are somewhat flatter than the normal hinges, like e.g. in the uppermost door above the fridge-freezer combo.

I am grateful for any hint.

Best regards
Thomas

Hello,
where exactly is it grinding?
Do you have any photos of it?

It grinds on the right side.

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Simply place either washers at the screws between the housing and the panel, or insert a narrow piece of cardboard or the like in between if adjusting with the hinges does not work (which it normally should).

In the meantime, I have found out that the Faktum cabinet in which the fridge-freezer is placed is not standing straight. Exaggeratedly speaking, it is a banana with the belly inward, exactly at the height of the countertop. I probably didn't pay close attention to the orientation of the tall cabinet during assembly.

I have now considered using a surface router to recess the hinges a bit deeper so that the gap can be restored. I would outline the hinges with a pencil and then rout about 3-4mm deep with the router so that the hinge fits in, and then screw it back in. Then I hope to have created enough space for the doors to close again.

I will report on how it went.