The previous owner of my car did the notorious wrong jack stand spot and put them in front of the doors on that bracket that makes the sides flare out... How do I fix it? The brakets are broken from what I see, should I just unbolt it all and bang it out? or is there a better way to do it?.. Anyone who has had this before will know what I'm talking about, sorry to be confusing to the others.
Thanks,
-Garrett

 

The tabs--brackets are completely broke off?? If so that sucks!! I fixed my cousins fender by just grabbing the tab with channel locks and pushed it in and it brought the fender back flush to the door panel. I've also heard of guys using a piece of soft wood(or wrap a rag around a 2x4) against the fender and gently hammer it back in. Good luck....

 

Take the screws out and straighten the bracket.

 

i pounded mine back in with a mallet looks mint

 

When the dipshits at the tire place bent mine I was able to just bend them back straight. If yours are broken, then I would imagine they'd have to be straightened and welded back on.

 

I fixed mine after someone did that to my car, but they still flare out after a while.

 

Ahh I see... =/ Well, thanks a LOT for your input guys, I wasn't sure about what to do, since that bracket is broken...

 

This thread title has to be one of the funiest things I have heard all day.

 

haha its good to see that im not the only person who got there fender screwed up by a tire place

 

i would have made the tire place fix it.

 

I would have as well... only problem being that it happened to the previous owner not me . heh.

 

Same thing happened to me at a tire place. Well, it had already been bent before, but I blamed them and they paid for it. Took it to my local dealer and the body shop fixed it perfectly on both sides for $100. It drove me crazy seeing that gap whenever I opened my door, and if the shop didn't pay for it, I would have it paid for it. I tried myself and it just never came out right. Maybe a regular body shop would do it for cheaper. BTW, that was not very smart on GM to put that bracket there. I see this problem on about half of the Camaros I see in my area.

 

Hey I'll admit it, I did it myself. looked in the owners manual where it says Jack here, I did. Look on the tab under car it say's do not jack here. Too Late.

 

Welp, went to M2 where my car is being fixed, they said they'd fix it no problem... I think I'm going to ask em to completely repaint the car as a favor... hopefully they'll do it. Since of course, I did get the receptionists phone number... maybe she can swing her weight (all 110 lbs of it)... hah! I went in today to do a suprise visit but they said they havent gotten done taking it all apart (went in on friday...) so.. yeah.

 

I'm not 100% sure what everybody is writing about. Could somebody post an image or two?

 

the sad thing is that most of the people saw this thread and immediatly understood what it meant.

I had my bracket completely mutilated by a body shop of all places. too bad I noticed it only after I moved to WA from NJ

 

since this seems to happen alot....ill bring it back

 

Bought my car with the damage....

 

Both of my fender tabs were broken when I bought my car (didn't find out until first oil change). Since then they have been fixed professionally twice, and rebroken at least that many times. I stopped taking my car to any place to do my oil changes, and I only allow them to lift it for state inspections using an alignment rack. On the passenger side the fender is (inconspicuously) screwed to the body to ensure that it stays in place, and I have completely "rebuilt" more than half of that fender tab from scratch using plastic epoxy, a dremel, and touch-up paint. If you were not looking you would never know. I should take pictures. It came out very nice. Much better than both of the "professional" repairs I had done, one of which was done at a Chevrolet body shop. Repair people suck ***. I even own my own (very small) set of paintless dent removal tools that I successfully used to pop a pretty good sized dent out of my hood because I don't trust anyone to touch my car.

 

Its best to unbolt the fender before bending the tab back into place.

Most important, before bolting the fender back into place heat it with a heat gun to soften the plastic to keep it from cracking if its not allready broken.