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Please help!!! I can’t find any information on removing/replacing the left rear quarter panel on my C4 corvette. I would be happy with any info at all!
Again, can’t find it anywhere. Why is there no Info on this subject???
I think b/c they're not really designed to come off. They're glued on to the rear tub. I just took all of this stuff of an '89 I'm working on...I broke/ruined most of it in the process, but I learned how I would do it next time to preserve the parts.
After you remove the inner fender well, carpet, trim, weather stripping, etc, you can see where the 1/4 panel seam is glued to the tub. If you get a heat gun and heat the glued seam, it that allows you to pull the panels apart with out breaking or tearing them . That's the best advice that I can give you; use heat. Heat it up. Heat helps...a lot.
I think b/c they're not really designed to come off. They're glued on to the rear tub. I just took all of this stuff of an '89 I'm working on...I broke/ruined most of it in the process, but I learned how I would do it next time to preserve the parts.
After you remove the inner fender well, carpet, trim, weather stripping, etc, you can see where the 1/4 panel seam is glued to the tub. If you get a heat gun and heat the glued seam, it that allows you to pull the panels apart with out breaking or tearing them . That's the best advice that I can give you; use heat. Heat it up. Heat helps...a lot.
Thanks for the tip. In a couple of years I'm going to pull the passenger rear quarter (to replace) and that will be a big help.
Thanks! That is exactly the Info I was looking for. I don’t care if I break the old one off but I want to be able to glue the replacement on. So shouldn’t be too big of an issue then?
I have officially started the process of removing and installing the
rear quarter panel. I will continue to post pictures until the project is done. I put my heat gun to work and was able to pull most of the fender off by hand.
Last edited by Phowe5830; Mar 29, 2018 at 03:58 AM.
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