Bolt on doors or front clip first? - The 1947 - Present Chevrolet & GMC Truck Message Board Network

jumpsoffrock · 05-04-2025, 06:01 PM

I just slapped the assembled front clip on the frame, no hood. But the doors are not quite ready to get bolted to the cab and are therefore not installed yet--should be ready in a few days. Should I install, adjust and tighten the doors BEFORE fully bolting the front clip to the cab/frame?

**raggedjim** · 05-04-2025, 06:41 PM

Doors first, align them to the cab. Then the front fenders, align them to the door.

jumpsoffrock · 05-04-2025, 07:02 PM

Thank you very much, that's what I'll do.

Peanut74 · 05-08-2025, 07:13 PM

Doors first as you can't get to the hinge bolts if the fenders are on.

jumpsoffrock · 05-11-2025, 02:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Peanut74

Doors first as you can't get to the hinge bolts if the fenders are on.

LOL So I had already roughly installed the front clip and when I went to unbolt it I realized this, WOW. If I had gone through the trouble to get the metal aligned( to what?...) I woulda been pissed to find I had to take it all off again to access those bolts....

72c20customcamper · 05-11-2025, 08:39 AM

It’s a pain but the bolts can be accessed with the front clip installed . Just need a set of these or just heat up a box end and bend it . Much easier to align the roofs to the cab then the clip to the fenders but even that’s a crap shoot as I’ve had to fudge the lines to get them acceptable. So that’s where the wrenches come in handy

05-04-2025, 06:01 PM	#1
jumpsoffrock Registered User Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: California Posts: 1,126	Bolt on doors or front clip first? I just slapped the assembled front clip on the frame, no hood. But the doors are not quite ready to get bolted to the cab and are therefore not installed yet--should be ready in a few days. Should I install, adjust and tighten the doors BEFORE fully bolting the front clip to the cab/frame?

05-04-2025, 06:41 PM	#2
raggedjim Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Murray, Kentucky Posts: 4,102	Re: Bolt on doors or front clip first? Doors first, align them to the cab. Then the front fenders, align them to the door. __________________ Roger '68 Short step - https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=849675 '69 ('70?) 2wd Blazer - https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=856475 '70 GMC Jimmy 2wd '73 Firebird - https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=853203 Ideas - https://67-72chevytrucks.com/vboard/...d.php?t=851743

05-04-2025, 07:02 PM	#3
jumpsoffrock Registered User Join Date: Apr 2014 Location: California Posts: 1,126	Re: Bolt on doors or front clip first? Thank you very much, that's what I'll do.

05-08-2025, 07:13 PM	#4
Peanut74 Registered User Join Date: May 2018 Location: Prattville, AL Posts: 624	Re: Bolt on doors or front clip first? Doors first as you can't get to the hinge bolts if the fenders are on. __________________ -------------------------------------------------------- 1967 C10 "Snowball" (Currently in a thousand pieces down from a bazillion) 1989 Toyota DLX pickup "The Hulk"

05-11-2025, 08:39 AM	#6
72c20customcamper Registered User Join Date: Jul 2018 Location: Catskill Mountains,NY Posts: 9,481	Re: Bolt on doors or front clip first? It’s a pain but the bolts can be accessed with the front clip installed . Just need a set of these or just heat up a box end and bend it . Much easier to align the roofs to the cab then the clip to the fenders but even that’s a crap shoot as I’ve had to fudge the lines to get them acceptable. So that’s where the wrenches come in handy Attached Images __________________ Mark 72 c20 custom camper Husky edition, 66 SS396 Chevelle 1964 Hawk, 63 Avanti,62 lark 1969 AMX , 1968 c20 stepside ,85 K20 1977 Suburban sold 68 anniversary.



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