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Old 01-09-2009, 08:31 AM
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Default Fender/hood/headlight lid alignment writeup?

I see people having issues from time to time with F body fender-to-door, hood-to-fender, and TA headlight bucket alignment issues.

I don't personally have time to do the computer part of the writeup, but I would be willing to do a step by step with photos and text, showing how to get nice clean body gaps, if someone else can make a page for it and host it.

Any takers?
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LS1tech has writeups here why not just put it in a post format? It could be added to a sticky! And I'd love it too because my hood and fender don't quite line up on the driver side ever since I replaced the fender, tinkered around but couldn't figure it out.
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I might do that. It's going to be fairly big.
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That's what multiple posts in the thread are for

I prefer big, more details on that kind of stuff the better IMO.
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I think that would be a great deal of help to a great deal of people. A post made into a sticky would probably be the easiest way, as it seems like a lot of DIY sites that people make turn into dead-links after a few months.
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Im having these issues right now. I would love a write up on this!!
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Originally Posted by blkbird
Im having these issues right now. I would love a write up on this!!
Ditto!
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It would help more then one of us!
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phantomzero did a good one, try looking for it.
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freakin kick assss idea... i love ls1howto.com and i love the stickies that come up here on how to do body work etc...much rather do a readup and go step by step then try to tackle something than just * winging it*
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Its been a pain in the **** to try to get everything lined up correctly. Ive been at it for about 3 weeks, a couple of hours at a time. Getting frustrating!!!!
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I can't lookup by name phantomzero. For some reason it's giving me an error.
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Alright found it. It's phantomzer0 with a zero at the end. I didn't find his thread on the subject although. Any idea where I can find this information?
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I couldn't find it either. If someone can dig it up, post it so I can expand on it instead of doing a whole new one.
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All I could find was really basic information on how to align a hood to the body. I would like to know how to align the bumpers with the fenders and vice versa. Aligning the hood would be nice too since mine needs a little adjustment but really what is more important to me is the alignment of the front end which I couldn't find anything on.
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anyone know where it is?
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Working on this now. Keep posted!
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Thanks Whistler It would be greatly appreciated!!!
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any update on this write up
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Any updates or does anyone have any links to other writeups/tips?


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