I've got all my gaps right where I want them on the car and am playing with the headlight buckets now. See pics but I'm not having luck with my passengr side. But I believe it's actually the fenders fault as I have a second set of headlight buckets and have the same big "step" as seen in the picture. What would you all do here? Should I just build up the headlight bucket up with some filler to match the fender? These are both the factory pieces.
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Fitting headlight buckets/fender extensions
I've got all my gaps right where I want them on the car and am playing with the headlight buckets now. See pics but I'm not having luck with my passengr side. But I believe it's actually the fenders fault as I have a second set of headlight buckets and have the same big "step" as seen in the picture. What would you all do here? Should I just build up the headlight bucket up with some filler to match the fender? These are both the factory pieces.
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On my '70 I drilled out the spot welds that hold the fender to the inner structure where your mismatch is and rewelded them. They were not perfect but a lot better than what I started with.
I had to use a round file to enlarge the holes in my Dynacorn fenders. the drivers side fit almost perfect, the passenger side was a different story.
Before going too far, you might want to use a contour gauge and compare both sides and if you have access to another car, check it too to verify where the issue seems to be.
I had the passenger fender stripped to bare metal with no signs of anything ever being reworked. It is a 68 fender though so there is a patch over the marker light hole. I cut out the spot welds and moved it in a little. I'll still have to use some filler on the extension.
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