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Old 03-28-2019, 08:56 PM   #5
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Re: Body panel flatness

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Originally Posted by Beach-Burban View Post
Paul...I'm not a body man or anything close, but luckily, that side of my Suburban has never been hit and still wears the original paint. That being said, if I rest the straight edge flat against the panel to the rear of the filler indent, the straight edge shows about a 1/16 inch gap between the panel and filler indent on the front side of indent. I hope that make sense and helps?
Woody
Thanks Woody but I'm not really sure what your describing. Below is a super crude paint shop image of what I mean. This is as viewed from the top with one end of the straight edge next to the marker hole and the other next to the wheel arch.

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