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Fenders jacked up on by previous owner.. solutions?

Old 12-20-2011, 11:02 AM
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the bottom of my fenders are sticking out just a little bit from the pervious owner not knowing how to jack up the car.. has anyone made a bracket so u can bolt them back to the main frame or am i pretty much SOL unless I get new fenders..?

also hood alignment.. its very stright but its low on the left side, and high on the right side (compared to fenders) what kind of adjustments do the hoods have for that? spacers? or would it be easier to shim a fender?
Old 12-20-2011, 11:15 AM
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couldnt you just bend back the tab that they are connected to? or did they jack it up from the fender
Old 12-20-2011, 11:37 AM
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What I did was just drill new holes up through the bottom of the fender, into the side frame rails, and mount them that way.
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I've used a crescent wrench to straighten the metal bracket in the past.

I've been wanting to do what Mike suggested, but just haven't gotten around to it yet.
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I just used a 2x4 and a mini sledge to knock mine straight just now, it was off by couple CMs
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for the hood adjustment, there should be rubber hood adjusters under the hood to twist up or down
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Just bend that metal flange back and it will pull the fenders in. My car had the exact same thing going on. For the hood, just adjust the hood stops. Threaded black rubber things on left and right hand side. So if you can get it where you want it with just those.


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