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Old 10-24-2010, 11:48 AM
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I have 98 v6 camaro and on the drivers side front at the Jack point the body panel is pushed out due to the previous owner jacking the car at the wrong spot. I have seen other camaro's with the same issue. My question is how easy is this to fix?
 
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Old 10-24-2010, 01:32 PM
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found this on ls1tech
all i did was unbolt the fender from the bracket and bent it back straight the rebolted the fender back and played the bolt and unbolt game while i was trying to straighten it back and get the bracket just right bent back to where the fender wasnt bulged out
 
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Old 10-24-2010, 01:33 PM
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To fix the body of the car is no biggy it is a matter of bending the metal back into the right shape. The fender is a different story all together. The fender on that car is plastic and when it is cold it will be brittle and break. Heat it up and get it HOT before trying to bend it. Also you may just try unbolting it and then heating it up and let it find its memory and return to the correct shape on its own. This will sometimes happen but you may need to help it out. Just make sure the material is hot all the way through. Heat guns work better than flame on these fenders.

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