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The rear door on the drivers side fits awful! And it hasn’t ever been wrecked, and it still fits bad… GM quality I guess! It may be hard to tell in the picture, but from the upper part of the gap, going downward, the gap gets bigger.. lots bigger! Then its real tight again when… Continue reading Drivers Side Rear Door Problems
After a lot of block sanding of the quarter panel and rear passenger door, I decided to take a break and put the front door on to start playing with the door gaps… something I have not been looking forward to. The doors seem to fit good, with even gaps all around except for the… Continue reading Test Fit Passenger Doors
It was time to start doing some filler work on the doors. I began with the passenger rear door, which is overall pretty straight since I put that good door skin on it back in September, but still its not perfect, especially down low. After shooting the door with some PPG DPLF epoxy primer and… Continue reading Passenger Rear Door Bodywork
After many hours of work on that pesky drivers side quarter panel, it was FINALLY ready to apply some high-build primer to the rest of the body. High quality Evercoat (Rage Gold and Rage Extreme) fillers have been used for all the filler work and were blocked out with a combination of different Durablocks and… Continue reading Priming the Body!