67/68/69 cuda dilemma
I dont mind piddlin and making stuff fit. This valance does fit really really well with a little bit of tweaking here n there, however these bumper supports needed a fair amount of grinding and fitting. So far I have only 1 side ready to go in.
I wouldent say swapping this whole rear valance along with the trunk floor is a pain in the dick, but it's sure not a 1 afternoon thing. However the end results will definitely be worth it in the end.
The fact that the bumper supports had to come off to replace the trunk pan is part of it. Plus the fact that I had to cut off the mounting tabs that were on the supports to get them off the old floor probably didnt help things.
Another issue is my OCD. Being OCD about sheetmetal is great if your doing aircraft sheetmetal which I do for a living. But maddening when doing automotive sheetmetal. I gotta keep telling myself these were not perfect when they came down the assembly line, they were just good enough.
Heres todays pix. Due to my OCD, only the RH support is ready for welding LoL. The gray on the floorpan under it is weld thru primer.
I dont mind piddlin and making stuff fit. This valance does fit really really well with a little bit of tweaking here n there, however these bumper supports needed a fair amount of grinding and fitting. So far I have only 1 side ready to go in.
I wouldent say swapping this whole rear valance along with the trunk floor is a pain in the dick, but it's sure not a 1 afternoon thing. However the end results will definitely be worth it in the end.
The fact that the bumper supports had to come off to replace the trunk pan is part of it. Plus the fact that I had to cut off the mounting tabs that were on the supports to get them off the old floor probably didnt help things.
Another issue is my OCD. Being OCD about sheetmetal is great if your doing aircraft sheetmetal which I do for a living. But maddening when doing automotive sheetmetal. I gotta keep telling myself these were not perfect when they came down the assembly line, they were just good enough.
Heres todays pix. Due to my OCD, only the RH support is ready for welding LoL. The gray on the floorpan under it is weld thru primer.