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Rear quarter panel question, may be a dumb question... |
thomasotten |
Oct 16 2005, 11:29 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 16-November 03 From: San Antonio, Texas Member No.: 1,349 |
Ok, my quarter panels are not the same. The clearance from the fender to the tire on the left side is different from the right. One side seems more bowed out than the other side. I am just wondering how precise these cars should be? Am I alone with this problem?
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Dave_Darling |
Oct 16 2005, 11:36 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,991 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
The amount of space inside the fender always seems to be different, left to right. I don't think they're usually very noticeably different from the outside, though. You may have one that someone "rolled" for clearance, while the other one didn't need it??
That's my guess at this point, at least. --DD |
URY914 |
Oct 17 2005, 06:36 AM
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I built the lightest 914 in the history of mankind. Group: Members Posts: 121,070 Joined: 3-February 03 From: Jacksonville, FL Member No.: 222 Region Association: None |
Back when my car was "stock" my clearance 'tween the inside rear fender and the tire was about 1/2" different from side to side. But I later found out my car had been hit.
I've seen new or never hit cars with 1/4" differance. Remember this was the early '70's before drug testing at work. And the bodies were built at Karrman not by Porsche. During the same time US cars had door gaps of 1/2". (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/wacko.gif) Paul (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/biggrin.gif) |
redshift |
Oct 17 2005, 08:43 AM
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Bless the Hell out of you! Group: Members Posts: 10,926 Joined: 29-June 03 Member No.: 869 |
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DonTraver |
Oct 17 2005, 10:32 AM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 829 Joined: 5-August 04 Member No.: 2,461 |
The Porsche plant in Stuttgart still has beer machines in the break rooms, Liepzig does not have beer machines. Later Don
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Crazyhippy |
Oct 17 2005, 10:43 AM
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Insert witty comment here... Group: Members Posts: 1,659 Joined: 28-July 05 From: Home of the Coyotes, AZ Member No.: 4,493 Region Association: None |
Hans holds it in place, Frans spotwelds it...No way these 2 highly trained individuals could have been off 1/4" (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/rolleyes.gif)
They probably did one fender friday @4:45 and the other monday morning (IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/html/emoticons/dry.gif) BJH |
URY914 |
Oct 17 2005, 10:45 AM
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"We want to PUMP YOU UP" Hanz and Franz |
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thomasotten |
Oct 17 2005, 06:43 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 16-November 03 From: San Antonio, Texas Member No.: 1,349 |
Ok, so how does one "roll" a fender to make them both equal?
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Dave_Darling |
Oct 17 2005, 07:02 PM
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914 Idiot Group: Members Posts: 14,991 Joined: 9-January 03 From: Silicon Valley / Kailua-Kona Member No.: 121 Region Association: Northern California |
Stick a baseball bat or other round implement of destruction between the fender and the tire. Roll the car back and forth, keeping pressure on the implement so that it pushes the fender outward gently.
If you have bondo or other body filler (especially older stuff!) in your fender, this is a wonderful way to find it, because it'll crack and possibly fall out. Oops. Even if there's no bondo, don't go overboard. You can crack the paint if you try too much, and you will pull up on the lower corners of the panel by doing this. Go far enough and it'll be quite obvious, like on the Clewett turbo car. --DD |
Brando |
Oct 17 2005, 07:30 PM
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BUY MY SPARE KIDNEY!!! Group: Members Posts: 3,935 Joined: 29-August 04 From: Santa Ana, CA Member No.: 2,648 Region Association: Southern California |
Every Porsche 911 (and 914) I have seen has had that ¼"-½" offset on the left fender. I've called it the "fat ass offset" since it's on most every Porsche production car (not 356s or the front-engine watercoolers).
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thomasotten |
Oct 17 2005, 08:08 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 1,547 Joined: 16-November 03 From: San Antonio, Texas Member No.: 1,349 |
Mine has the fat-ass offset on the right side. Maybe mine's queer??
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rick 918-S |
Oct 17 2005, 09:45 PM
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Hey nice rack! -Celette Group: Members Posts: 20,494 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Now in Superior WI Member No.: 43 Region Association: Northstar Region |
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