[6pack] Advice on Removing Rear Panel

Navarrette, Vance vance.navarrette at intel.com
Fri Jan 9 09:32:11 MST 2009


 	Ken:

	One other thing to be aware of in removing the rear wing.

	The factory tolerances on the body stampings were not very good, and in the
case of the rear wing the factory would sometimes use a tack weld to hold the
wing in the proper shape.
	After removing all the fasteners for the wing, you may find that there is a
tack weld between the bottom outside edge of the wing and the rocker panel.
Worse, this tack weld is small enough that it is hidden in the  3M Schutz that
is sprayed on the rocker to protect it from rock chips and the like. So scrape
away the black crud from the seam between the rocker and rear wing to make
sure you don't have a tack weld. If you do, you will need to cut it with a
Dremel, or you will end up tearing out a dime size chunk of the wing. Ask me
how I know.

	Cheers,

	Vance

    Vance Navarrette
    Cogito Ergo Zoom
    I think, therefore I go fast


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