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Old Apr 1, 2014 | 05:07 PM
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Never noticed this until today, now I'm curious. Anybody's car have a fender gap like this? It's weird because the fender tabs are perfectly straight on both sides.

As you can see the drivers side is perfect


Passenger side has a gap


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Old Apr 2, 2014 | 12:54 PM
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Door hinge bushing wear is a possibility. Take a look at the bushings or see if the upper door hinge shifted in any way. Also, there is a bolt that is up at the top of the fender in that area, that may have worked loose.
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Old Apr 2, 2014 | 07:35 PM
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Looked at the hinges/bushings, I found it hard to see a difference versus the drivers side but I'm starting to think the door is sagging maybe? The gap between the passenger side rear quarter panel/passenger door is slightly larger than on the drivers side. Not really sure but just throwing it out there

Also thanks for your input
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My 2k trans am is the exact same way. It annoys me as well but I have never tried to fix it.
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Old Apr 7, 2014 | 12:47 AM
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If that bothers you check out your camaro on the passenger side rear quarter panel, where the quarter panel, rear bumper, and berger panel all meet.
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