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Old Nov 24, 2017 | 02:12 PM
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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!
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Old Nov 24, 2017 | 02:28 PM
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these are the only publications I know of that has step-by-step, detail on the C4 - volume 6 covers the rear quarters, rear bumper, doors...


good books - informative - hard to find used (hardcopy) - also available on CD.

here's their website for new -

http://www.glas-ra.com/home.html


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That website isn’t working.
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Old Nov 24, 2017 | 02:38 PM
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google'd "glas ra" - not much coming up. they may not be in business anymore. last publication date 1999. try fleabay....
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Again, can’t find it anywhere. Why is there no Info on this subject???
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Originally Posted by Phowe5830
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.
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Originally Posted by Tom400CFI
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.

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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?
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Scanned these years ago when I did mine ... not to bad a job












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Awesome article!!!!! Thanks!!!
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X2. That is hard core tech, right there. Excellent post/pics!
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That's a fantastic article! Thank you for sharing that with the C4 community.
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Default Quarter panel install Part 1

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.


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where are the rest of the pictures?
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