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Door, hood, & trunk alignment
Anyone out there good at aligning the doors, hood, & trunk? I'm having trouble figuring out exactly how to do it...:(:(
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Earl,
I'll stop short of saying I'm good at it, but I did manage to get mine aligned. My hinges allow for adjustment in virtually every direction and the issue is when you make an adjustment you can lose track of exactly how much you moved the hinge. I used small pieces of masking tape next to the hinge so I could make small adjustments and know exactly which direction and how much I moved it - and if I moved it too much I could fall back to the previous adjustment rather than starting over. You'll also get good at loosening the bolts just enough to move the hinge but not enough for the hinge to move on its own. I also avoided adjusting the hinge to body and hinge to door alignment at the same time. I used a straight edge across the door/hood/trunk to the body to help get them even. It is deceptive otherwise. Hopefully, someone will chime in with some better ideas but this is what worked for me. Kevin |
If the engine (or the radiator) isn't installed, drop the hood in the hole, shimmed equally from all the edges. From underneath, locate where the hinges meet the hood with tape, shifting the hinges on the body as necessary.
Do the same thing with the doors. The trunk is a trial-and-error process unless you don't have a trunk floor. |
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Almost eight hours of wet sanding yesterday.............:eek::JEKYLHYDE
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A couple of friends came over today to help with the Cobra, Tom & Carl :D:D
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The experts at work on door alignment :3DSMILE:First door alignment and then hood alignment :3DSMILE::3DSMILE:Not sure why Tom decided at this point to try and take a nap, LOL :eek::eek: Couldn't get the other two pictures to upload???????
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