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Old 01-08-2006, 09:46 AM   #7
LONGHAIR
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Re: shim fender or move door ???????

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Loosen the two lower core support bolts and try pulling it forward some and then tighten the core support back down. You can also adjust left to right this way and then adjust your hood last.
I wouldn't adjust the hood last. The hood has a definate relationship to the cowl. It has to be properly spaced away from the cowl and square to the truck's centerline.
If you adjust the fender to door gap first and later (like adjusting the hood last would do) find out that the fenders are not square.........you lose the adjustments you made to the fender/door gap. If you have to shift the fenders to fit the hood, you have moved them in relation to the door.

Starting from scratch..........I would install and adjust the doors for the best fit first. The biggest area that the doors fit into (the cab) is not really adjustable. So fit the doors to the "holes" (up/down/rear edges) and lock them down.....done. Then the fenders/hood together as a set. The hood has to be there to adjust the fenders and the fenders have to be there to mount the hood hinges. They all kinda need to work together. If you mount and adjust the fenders first and then the hood..........you will end-up moving the fenders again.
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