Removing body panels
05-18-2005, 09:48 PM
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Removing body panels
For those who have pulled their car apart from the exterior:
I want to pull the front fiasca and fenders off so that I can see why my car sags still (about 1/2 inch) on the front left. Call me picky but I can see it when the car is straight in front of me on a level road.
I have been told the panels come off with ease but putting them back on is a lot harder. The hard part is trying to line up all the panels just right.
Can anybody second this? Also what should I watch out for? Thanks.
I want to pull the front fiasca and fenders off so that I can see why my car sags still (about 1/2 inch) on the front left. Call me picky but I can see it when the car is straight in front of me on a level road.
I have been told the panels come off with ease but putting them back on is a lot harder. The hard part is trying to line up all the panels just right.
Can anybody second this? Also what should I watch out for? Thanks.
05-20-2005, 01:54 PM
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RE: Removing body panels
Yeah I do have stock springs and I have heard they sag. That might be the case but whoever put my body panels on did a great job but left some places where they are not lined up.
I'm more into a show quality look and feel then speed right now.
I know you might think it is not needed to go through all of that work, but I am the type of person (since I was a kid) that I liked to take things apart just for the hell of it. Just to see how things work and then put it back together. My first thing was my Tyco RC car when I was 7 years old. Grabbed a screwdriver and pulled it completely apart. My parents thought it was destroyed but I ended up putting it back together perfect.
If I pull the front off the car I can see how the car is built underneath so that when problems do occur I can troubleshoot a lot better.
Just like you 86hogt. Since you say you built your car you should be able to know what is wrong with it a lot faster and easier then someone who bought the car that way.
I just want to see what is underneath and I do know there is some (very little I think) body damage under the fenders causing them to not line up. I want to find out where this is at and fix it while learning how the car is underneath.
I was just curious on the difficulty so I know how long the car is going to stay in the garage.
Thanks all.
Oh and she has 125K miles on it. I plan on lowering with race springs sometime soon.
I'm more into a show quality look and feel then speed right now.
I know you might think it is not needed to go through all of that work, but I am the type of person (since I was a kid) that I liked to take things apart just for the hell of it. Just to see how things work and then put it back together. My first thing was my Tyco RC car when I was 7 years old. Grabbed a screwdriver and pulled it completely apart. My parents thought it was destroyed but I ended up putting it back together perfect.
If I pull the front off the car I can see how the car is built underneath so that when problems do occur I can troubleshoot a lot better.
Just like you 86hogt. Since you say you built your car you should be able to know what is wrong with it a lot faster and easier then someone who bought the car that way.
I just want to see what is underneath and I do know there is some (very little I think) body damage under the fenders causing them to not line up. I want to find out where this is at and fix it while learning how the car is underneath.
I was just curious on the difficulty so I know how long the car is going to stay in the garage.
Thanks all.
Oh and she has 125K miles on it. I plan on lowering with race springs sometime soon.
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