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Old 01-25-2018, 02:25 AM   #1523
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Re: How to: Ruin a perfectly good C10

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Originally Posted by BustedTruck View Post
Is there anything you can do to make the cowl fit better? I'm finding there is like a 1/4" keeping it from sitting flush around the curved areas. Just curious what you did in these areas.
I got it fitting pretty decent after quite a bit of massaging the flanges, trimming the inner structures, and eliminating the overlaps where the multiple pieces are spot welded together. My technique is to get it in place, then trim and hammer as needed to bend it to my will. Multiple installations and removals. Body hammers on the flanges and brute force. Self-drilling #10 screws also help to pull things into place (and hold it in place while I continued to hammer and plug weld). It would be fully installed now if I hadn’t run out of shielding gas...
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