Fender/body Question?
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Drifting
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From: grand prairie texas
Fender/body Question?
On my 77 when you open the doors and look up at the top inside portion of either fender where it meets the body is that area supposed to be filled in or should you see where the fender is seperated or should it be filled. It would seem that if you jack up the front end on our cars it should flex in that area. I kind of filled mine in and not I am having second thoughts. I will try to get a couple of pics later if I am confusing on my description. Thanks
Last edited by wnmech; Apr 20, 2007 at 02:40 PM. Reason: pic's added
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On my 77 when you open the doors and look up at the top inside portion of either fender where it meets the body is that area supposed to be filled in or should you see where the fender is seperated or should it be filled. It would seem that if you jack up the front end on our cars it should flex in that area. I kind of filled mine in and not I am having second thoughts. I will try to get a couple of pics later if I am confusing on my description. Thanks
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Miles
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Looks like that area has been reworked at some point. The metal piece on the first pic is a waterguide, it is not supposed to be bonded to the fender like that. It is there to form a good seal with the firewall to the door seal and to guide water from the windshield corner down past the front of the door seal.
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That area was considered an appearance area on the assembly line and should have received a wipe down of any excess bonding adhesive. Take that with a grain of salt. Quality of the "wipe down" depended upon who did it. This area was never perfect.
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