Alignment Issue or ???

[BroncoBub]

For the life of me I can't get the fender (rear) and door (front) to line up. I've tried for two days. what am I missing here or is this acceptable ?

 

[Apogee]

Looks better than mine, but my front fenders are fairly lumpy from run-ins with trees and stuff.

 

[BroncoBub]

Looks better than mine, but my front fenders are fairly lumpy from run-ins with trees and stuff.

I think I'm being to anal with things like this and need to move on...

Thanks

 

[DirtDonk]

Do the outer edges/skins line up? That's where things are usually lined up on these and there end up being lots of oddball offsets to other lines. Sure, some Broncos have every line in perfect unison. But not very many I'm thinking.

Lots of things to line up of course, when you have a windshield frame that moves, a hard top that moves, a rigid body line that can vary if the body mounts are sagged OR brand new and the proper shims not used. So yeah, lots to think about.

Paul

 

[BroncoBub]

Do the outer edges/skins line up? That's where things are usually lined up on these and there end up being lots of oddball offsets to other lines. Sure, some Broncos have every line in perfect unison. But not very many I'm thinking.

Lots of things to line up of course, when you have a windshield frame that moves, a hard top that moves, a rigid body line that can vary if the body mounts are sagged OR brand new and the proper shims not used. So yeah, lots to think about.

Paul

Not sure I understand outer edges/skins? If your talking about door/fender in line all the way down to rocker than yes?

 

[DirtDonk]

Yes, but not just the door gap like in your last pic, but also the inner door and fender edges like in your second pic first post.
If the outer skins of the fender and door line up perfectly, but the "line" of the two on the inside doesn't match, that's just the way they're made. But as for gaps, yes they can be, and should be straight.
Body shims are required to get the rear gap lined up, but sometimes the front gap can be body shims or shimming the fender itself.

Paul

 

[Broncobowsher]

Factory tolerances were not that good to start with.
Could be worse, Range Rover is 1-1/2 longer on one side to the other. That was a decade+ newer.

 

[BroncoBub]

Yes, but not just the door gap like in your last pic, but also the inner door and fender edges like in your second pic first post.
If the outer skins of the fender and door line up perfectly, but the "line" of the two on the inside doesn't match, that's just the way they're made. But as for gaps, yes they can be, and should be straight.
Body shims are required to get the rear gap lined up, but sometimes the front gap can be body shims or shimming the fender itself.

Paul

I got you yes, they fit.

Thanks