Thread: GM A-Body Panel Alignment

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the best way to fix this is get some big washer at your hard ware store. check first for the size you will need . slide them in under the core and bushing .you can cut them and make horse shoes out of them so you do not have to remove the core bolts cut a 1/2 gap in the washers gm use them to lift up the cores for fitment when cars were new. ford truck use this to . the core bushing get hammer over time and the body may be setting to low the bushing may be going bad .the best way to go is all new bushing if this is the case. all new body bushing this is a big job. or you can get new core bushing and try that but there is a good chance you may have to shim the new ones but do not let this get you down. if the car drive good a the door fit good to the back of the car. just lift the core up. all this tin goes for the ride .i have had to do this many times to make things right . the bumper will have to go up to so make shure it will not hit any painted parts and if you lift the core up i would stop at 3/8 of shim and start looking for more things that are going bad and you may have to move the core side to side to get the hood to fit so when done just do not slam the hood or you will be repainting it . back off the top bolts on the fenders so it will move up and not work i a bind and shim s on th fire wall side of the fender. and the one in the front door jam put some wooden paint stick in the air gap or a lot of tape .from fender to door so if the front jumps back it will not hit the paint