Fender damage.

[ccain529]

Originally Posted by MikeVW

You did a very good job. May I ask how you did it? Did you use an english wheel?
Mike

Thanks Mike!
I cut out the old metal and stretched the fender lip out to the angle I thought was close. Then taped up some poster board and traced off a template. I cut the metal for the flare and bent it slightly then tacked it all in place. It was sort of a compound curve and I had to shrink the metal in places to get it to weld properly.

Originally Posted by oasis

Y'know, ccain529, until beetle1303 posted this, I had forgotten you did the work yourself. I am very impressed. :agree:

Thanks Oasis!


Tonight I took the measurements from the drivers fender and prepped and cut the passenger fender. I reused the template for the drivers fender. flipped it over and used it to cut the metal for the passenger side fender. After all the metal was tacked in place it remeasured and found that the fender was out less than a 16th of an inch. after some gentle nudging from the body hammer it's now dead on!