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Old Jan 24, 2012 | 09:55 PM
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Car: 1988 Gta trans am
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got a quick question

why is it when every 3rd gen i that i look underneath for rot i always see that the rocker panel is bent in or out so far i looked at 3 3rd gens an all of them have bent rockers in the front the ones in the back are fine
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Old Jan 25, 2012 | 06:58 AM
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Re: got a quick question

Probably from somebody jacking up the car in the wrong spot, but that's just a guess.
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Old Jan 25, 2012 | 07:36 AM
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Re: got a quick question

Yea I'm guessing that too is there a way to fix it I saw a thread that this is how the rotting starts to happen
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Old Jan 25, 2012 | 07:58 AM
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Re: got a quick question

Anything can be fixed.
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Old Jan 25, 2012 | 06:50 PM
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Re: got a quick question

I know anything can be fixed looks like the car will be going to a body shop real soon
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Old Jan 26, 2012 | 09:54 AM
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Re: got a quick question

definitely bad jacking. the fender mounts to a tab underneath that is supposed to be vertical; because of its location, it usually gets crushed by a poorly placed jack and pushes out the fender. my last 2 camaros were like that, the TA apparently got lucky
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