If you remove one of the headlamp bracket bolts, does the fender drop into position?

Going out on a limb here but except for how the headlight bracket attaches to the fender, all the various kits attach to the grille frame the same way…i.e. by one large bolt. Can you not loosen that bolt and allow the fender to drop/droop downward to the height needed and then tighten the bolt thereby securing the fender at the correct or nearly…[Read more]

Judging from that photo, the only long term fix would be to split the fender where it goes from the horizontal along the body to the vertical sweep over the tires and pull it down to where you want it and reglass it. Not quite sure it would be worth all that trouble.

By the way, what is that on top of your grill shell?

Good methodology.

Mine’s crooked the opposite way, fwiw. I fooled with it a bit when widening the fenders last winter but I don’t think there’s a slick way to make the adjustment.

I moved the bottom fender attachment points around a little (the bolt holes were already a bit big) and tightened them down as well as I could, taking care to not…[Read more]

@kall I edited your post to include the image. There’s a post in the how-to section on how to copy the image link address. It is kind of a pain. I’ve got a line on a better process but not sure I want to spend the club’s (recurring) money on it just yet.

I hoped to insert a photo here but I can’t seem to get it out of my media file.It is #32 in my gallery.
I have a similar problem with fender alignment which I have puzzled over for some time. One thing which was helpful was to try to isolate where the problem was with the use of a photo. I parked the car on level ground and then aligned my camera…[Read more]

Cool Ed

following along – need to get moving on my rig somehow

Transaxle comes back Saturday. I plan to have this all primered-up by then.

Because Race Car!

In my initial build I allowed the tire rub to dictate the contour of the fender. It would rub a while until the fender was no longer a smooth continuous arc, then I would place tape that would create a smooth arc and file away anything below the tape. After a while the fenders no longer rubbed.

The car is in my shop and I can’t get far enough away from it to get photo of both fenders at same time. Maybe it has been like this all the time and nothing is wrong. I’ll post back when I get it all together and see if they rub.

Leo

Can you post a photo? Or a link to a photo.

How does it look? Is it symmetrical when looked at straight on?

I had thought about that but those bumper extensions are what the bumper bolts to. I am thinking if I move one of them up then my bumper will not be level. However I just thought  that you could move it up and then make the bolt hole for the bumper slotted so that end of the bumper could be lowered to correct position.

Hi:  I am at the point of just fitting fenders for the first time.  One of the main supports on my ford TD are the short front bumper  extensions.  They are slotted and can be angled to point up or down slightly.  If you can post a few pictures that would help.

Photo screw up again since update.