Shimming? What's "shimming?" LOL
I haven't used any yet......might end up having to. The only shim my truck had was passenger side, forward-most cowl bolt. Just one there, nothing anywhere else.
I have a bunch of shims, having bough a kit and some came in a bolt kit I bought. I was going to use the original bolts that came out of it but I did not re-coat those with anything really rust-resistant, so I have been using replacement bolts from Classic Industries that appear to be parkerized.
I'll keep you guys advised. *You'd have to be pretty bad off to be envious of
any of my progress.