Are you sure about that? IIRC the nose section redesign and the change of the NLG pivot required the doors to be modified to allow the tyre to remain partially 'out in the breeze' when retracted from the 109E onwards. This was done along with the main gear redesign.
Yes, I'm certain. It was about ten years ago. The 109S I flew at the time had the modification carried out. I recall that some doors were damaged at their rear end, possibly by the yoke, rather than the tyre.