So in the past few days I got a real wake up call.Now believe me when I say this......,I did my homework to find the best replacement parts and this is what I went through .
Aftermarket inner fenders and rad support........, now because of liability concerns,I will not mention brand however I can assure you these are the quality line,I couldn't imagine worse !
I know better at my age not to expect new panels to fit properly without a little work,but this was pathetic.
After reading a thread by another member who lives close by,we determined his and my parts are the same manufacturer.At that time I decided to send my junk back to the supplier.
Fortunately I stopped in the middle of my assembly and did not try to make any mod's to my parts,(at least nothing obvious
) although I was educating the folks in the surrounding area with new words (Im sure the neighbours can vouch for this)..not to mention lining up the panels with my foot at those special moments.
Hope you all appreciate the pics on this as much as I did at the finish of the assembly.
First 2 pics are passenger side fit at the corner and twist in the rad support that lifted it off the frame mounts.Now keep in mind these bolts are all finger tight !!
3rd pic is of the rad support from the side,look at that lean...just like I had a head on into a retaining wall.Keep in mind folks,these are new panels.
The last pic is the drivers inner from underneath looking up.In order to get the passenger side inner bolted on I had the remove all the bolts here at the drivers side...., and this......, Is how the holes lined up there with all 3 pieces together.
The moral of the story is....unless you want to spend days on new sheet metal repairs,Id look hard for repairable oem parts.
If you need a second opinion..see below link as well.
http://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/s...ht=repo+fender
Cheers,
Ed
