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Old 11-20-2010, 11:59 AM
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Hey guys. I have a 93 that I bought about 4 months ago. When I bought it the headlight bar was broken, the front bumper was down, and there was a new junkyard hood on it.. the lady told me her son hit a mailbox. Well a couple days ago I replaced the headlight bar and it brought the front up a bit.. Now I want to align the drivers side. It looks almost like the fender is low. You can see the edge of the hood from its front to back when looking at the fender. Anyone know where I should start?

Also.. anyone ever replace one of these fenders?
 
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Old 11-20-2010, 12:04 PM
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Yeah... mailbox... right... sounds more like the kid rear-ended something and went under the rear bumper. Is it the same on the other side of the car?
 
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Old 11-20-2010, 12:09 PM
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Yeah... mailbox... right... sounds more like the kid rear-ended something and went under the rear bumper. Is it the same on the other side of the car?
Yeah I didn't really believe the mailbox thing. More like a ups truck.

It's just the right side that's high. the passenger side of the car looks right.
 
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Old 11-21-2010, 03:15 AM
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Originally Posted by Mikey.
More like a ups truck.

From a messed up point of view a UPS truck is a mail box.



As far as the fender goes these cars you cant really raise or shim the fenders up. There is only a slight amound of true adjustment. How does the core support and apron look? Also the fender lookes like it is missing some material. You also have little plastic bumpers that help hold the hood up to the fender's level. Make sure they are not screwed out all the way. There should be 2 per side, one near the fender and one on the inside of the headlights to assist in bumper to hood alignment.

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Old 11-21-2010, 08:35 AM
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Originally Posted by Massey
From a messed up point of view a UPS truck is a mail box.



As far as the fender goes these cars you cant really raise or shim the fenders up. There is only a slight amound of true adjustment. How does the core support and apron look? Also the fender lookes like it is missing some material. You also have little plastic bumpers that help hold the hood up to the fender's level. Make sure they are not screwed out all the way. There should be 2 per side, one near the fender and one on the inside of the headlights to assist in bumper to hood alignment.

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Yeah the fender does have a chunk out of it, and the fender is actually pushed back to where the door has cracked it. I need a new one but I'm not sure where or how to go about that.

As for the bumpers that adjust the hood height, I screwed them all the way down and still no luck, so I know its not them. Not sure what the other things you said are.
 
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Old 11-22-2010, 08:53 PM
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Would still love some help with this.
 
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