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    1. #1
      Join Date
      Jul 2011
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      South Dakota
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      Quarter Panel Problems - Need HELP!

      So I am working on the item I was most nervous about... the quarter panels... I have WORKED and WORKED and got the drivers side gap pretty good (at least from where I started)...

      Where I started on Drivers side: (BEFORE)
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      After 20 hours of on-off-on-off... and a lot of moving things around, I ended up with: (AFTER)
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      With the drivers side door gap looking WAY better than when I started, I turned my attention to the passenger side.

      I know this aftermarket door has PLENTY of issues of its own, and is contributing to some of the fitment issue, but it seems the quarter is also to blame.

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      It looks like the edge of the quarter panel in the door jamb area is a bit rounded in a few areas. (ON PASSENGER SIDE) Like the stamping didn't produce a sharp corner.

      Here is the Drivers side... seems OK. (take note of the edge where it wraps around to form the door jamb.)

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      Now look at the Passenger side...

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      There are a few areas that seem round off... I pointed to such an area with a red arrow in this picture:
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      What is the best way to fix this?

      Hammer / Dolly?



      Or I though I heard of people welding on this edge and re-forming it with a metal file?
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      67 Firebird Convertible

      Jarrod
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