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> Rear Deck Lid Help, Possibly bent?
turnaround89
post Jun 30 2016, 11:20 PM
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I need everyones expertise on this. I recently picked up a 914 in decent condition, had some body issues on the passenger fenders which im working on replacing.

This post is about the rear deck lid. It fits extremely poorly. I know the rear deck lid has a dent in it, and I'm thinking it might be bent pretty badly. Which might be causing the poor fitting issues. From the pictures below, you can see how poorly the lid fits.

First Picture - Just showing the rear end with deck lid up. Is the middle portion between the tail lights supposed to have a slight dip in it or be perfectly straight across? My thoughts would be it should be perfectly straight across.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-9067-1467350402.1.jpg)

Second picture - Here I have the deck lid down without the latch spring installed. You can see the deck lid severly overhangs the rear tail lights. Bad enough that if the lenses were installed you'd probably couldn't shut the lid properly. However, the deck lid lines up fairly well with the fender.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-9067-1467350402.2.jpg)

Third picture - Here the latch spring is installed and you can see how poorly the deck lid fits if it were installed and latched. The deck lid does not line up with the fender at all on the passenger side.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-9067-1467350402.3.jpg)

Fourth Picture - This shows the poor fit on the passenger side near the fender. Fairly large gap here.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-9067-1467350402.4.jpg)

Fifth picture - this shows the ok fitment on the driver side fender. Still an overhang with the tail light.
(IMG:http://www.914world.com/bbs2/uploads_offsite/i.imgur.com-9067-1467350403.5.jpg)
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