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09-03-2014 07:38 PM #11
On a painted car, this involves rolling down the window, wrapping a 2x4 in a towel, and place the 2x4 between the door jamb and the center part of the door that fits. Then lean on the door above and below the 2x4 to "tweak" the fit. On a car without paint, save the wear and tear on the towel.
With the lower corner of the door fitting better, it becomes all the more obvious how poor of a reproduction these outer rocker panels are. The "concave" radius does not match the fender to the front or the quarter to the rear of the rocker. This would have been a good fix using the Wheeling machine with a Go Kart slick, had it been noticed before installation.

Matching the lower anvils of the Wheeling machine to the radius on the quarter, this one fits the best. Also notice how it doesn't fit as well in the rocker panel..


At this point I thought I'd try a "portable" version of the Wheeling machine to add a bit more radius to the rocker panel.


Built in guide......

After some "wheeling", and some bumping of the leading edge with a door skin hammer:
Just to show the comparison, before

After:



Robert





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