My very first..repair?
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My very first..repair?
So today when i got home from school i decided to fix the fender flares. It was pretty easy actually. The first thing i did was park the front tires on the garage and the rest of the car was in driveway so i could get a good 9" of working room or so. After that i just took vicegrips and bent the metal so i was able to take out the bolts. After taking out the bolts i bent the metal piece so when i lined up both holes the fender wouldnt stick out anymore. The hardest part was putting the bolts back in since the plastic piece of the fender was so warped, i eventually just used the vicegrips to hold the plastic piece and metal so the holes would line up.
I feel so proud of myself
I feel so proud of myself
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That is what happens when shops lacking in F-body knowledge try to put these cars on a lift. Make sure that people know how to properly lift the car in the future so you don't have to keep fixing that, or worse yet, if they really mess it up the plastic tabs can break off.
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I always warn the shop (when i take it, not very often) and watch them as they set it up to be lifted. Kinda like nagging but it safes the pain of fixing it later and the shop guy saying "i didnt know about that"