Trunk gap problem after new 1/4's

:rolleyes: If you need your replacement panel to fit perfectly out of the box you're destined for failure.

never said that you are making things up

Since you said you had the doors in place when you did the quarters, I assume you had the gap right before you started welding. Which means your welding process pulled the panel. Otherwise, the time to address that 1/8" difference was before you welded the quarters on.
I haven't welded it yet. What do you do? Stretch the panel?:rolleyes: I'll just move the door back a bit or a 1/8" weld a rod down the back side of the door to close it up. Its around 0.330" gap right now

All I am saying is that you can spend $1000s on supposedly good sheet metal but you better have or develop serious body work skills or get deep pockets if you want to the car to look decent. I checked out lots of Darts at the local car shows and their panel fit and finish is decent and they were not big $$ cars.