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How to fix this fender gap? 1985 z28 |
Re: How to fix this fender gap? 1985 z28 Good question! |
Re: How to fix this fender gap? 1985 z28 Looks like the door is way out of adjustment (assuming it is fully closed in that last pic). Find the bolts for it and start adjusting. |
Re: How to fix this fender gap? 1985 z28
Originally Posted by Aaron R.
(Post 6530687)
Looks like the door is way out of adjustment (assuming it is fully closed in that last pic). Find the bolts for it and start adjusting. |
Re: How to fix this fender gap? 1985 z28 Hang on. Ive had several of these cars and usually when the fenders are sticking out past the front of the doors its because the tabs on the bottom are bent up because someone with a lift lifted it at the pinch weld and not the frame. Sometimes you can gently pull those tabs back down, remove the bolt, loosen the others and make a little bit of adjustment. |
Re: How to fix this fender gap? 1985 z28
Originally Posted by MrIROBZ
(Post 6530728)
Hang on. Ive had several of these cars and usually when the fenders are sticking out past the front of the doors its because the tabs on the bottom are bent up because someone with a lift lifted it at the pinch weld and not the frame. Sometimes you can gently pull those tabs back down, remove the bolt, loosen the others and make a little bit of adjustment. https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...0c60a5a29.jpeg The very first thing the OP must do is to adjust the door so that this gap is correct, and then adjust the fender to the front of the door gap. If this gap is not adjusted first, no amount of dinkin with the fender is gonna make it right.... ;) |
Re: How to fix this fender gap? 1985 z28
Originally Posted by OrangeBird
(Post 6530731)
There is, 100% absolutely no way that the front fender pinch weld being caved in is causing the door to fit this badly when it's closed; https://cimg7.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.thi...0c60a5a29.jpeg The very first thing the OP must do is to adjust the door so that this gap is correct, and then adjust the fender to the front of the door gap. If this gap is not adjusted first, no amount of dinkin with the fender is gonna make it right.... ;) |
Re: How to fix this fender gap? 1985 z28 Sorry, I thought the door was open and he was taking pics down the side of it. Carry on. |
Re: How to fix this fender gap? 1985 z28
Originally Posted by HeavyChevy383
(Post 6530733)
it’s weird because the bottom of the door sits flush but the top sticks out like this. Any tips when trying to adjust it? |
Re: How to fix this fender gap? 1985 z28
Originally Posted by MrIROBZ
(Post 6530737)
Adjust the door via a good body shop. It shouldnt be that expensive. |
Re: How to fix this fender gap? 1985 z28
Originally Posted by HeavyChevy383
(Post 6530733)
it’s weird because the bottom of the door sits flush but the top sticks out like this. Any tips when trying to adjust it?
Originally Posted by MrIROBZ
(Post 6530735)
Sorry, I thought the door was open and he was taking pics down the side of it. Carry on. |
Re: How to fix this fender gap? 1985 z28 My door was like that... A body shop aligned it for $50 The fender probably is crushed on the bottom./......... some vice grips with the flat channel end would be great to get that piece uncrushed, |
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