Thread: Quarter Panel replacement question..

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

I use some 1" square tubing, and of course remember that any X brace is much stronger then a single piece.... You not only have to support things vertically, but you have to brace against any lateral or forward and back movement.... Also, once you have things braced and start cutting, DON'T MOVE THE CAR!!!!

So run a brace under the back dash to the trunk floor then run one from there to the rear of the car to hold the tail section in place?

Originally Posted by 217-z

So run a brace under the back dash to the trunk floor then run one from there to the rear of the car to hold the tail section in place?

Think I'd put a couple in. Works good to prop the tailight panel with a tube angled down from the top of the panel and tacked to the floor, too.