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[scottiemann21]

So its about 8am saturday and I just put the parts car on blocks and am about to swap over to my car both fenders, front bumper, hood, all four doors(maybe 3), headlight mounting assembly, headlight assemblies and a few various trim parts...

this may seem like plenty of time to some and may sound impossible to others but I am doing this myself for the most part and during which I have a guy coming over later to buy the seats off of me from the parts car and I have another guy coming at some point to check out and possibly buy an engine I have half built from a previous project that I was forced to sell...

and both cars have to be back together by tomorrow afternoon with the parts car on my trailor wish me luck

[Yellow95]

Great info. Thank you.

[scumcity14]

cool story. you have a lot of cool stories.

Very thread worthy.

[scottiemann21]

update

bumper, headlights, headlight mount assembly, fenders and liners are all off of the parts car.

now time to take off the doors

[MattyXXL]

2 hours to pull body panels?
Are you eating sammiches while your supposed to be working?

[scumcity14]

MattyXXL, on 26 May 2012 - 03:07 PM, said:

2 hours to pull body panels?
Are you eating sammiches while your supposed to be working?

Nah...he's busy typing long stories about what he's GOING to do

[scottiemann21]

actually I moved out of my parents house about a month ago but all my tools are here and they are getting the house ready to sell so my garage is storage now and Its taking my about a collective hour just to find my tools... not to mention I wasted some time trying to pull the bumper cover off instead of the whole thing(used to working on older muscle)... oh well

all 4 doors are off

time to start stripping my car now

scumcity14, on 26 May 2012 - 03:16 PM, said:

Nah...he's busy typing long stories about what he's GOING to do

smart asses

[Yellow95]

Update please. I am on the edge of my seat. .............

[MattyXXL]

I got redirected here at the end of the book of the turbo swap thread....I was expect top notch turbo swap ass-grabery..... need less to say i am fairly disappointed that this is the same drawn out thread about swapping body panels..

BTW is your last name stefanik?

[Swag Swag]

[scottiemann21]

sorry some rusted bumper mounting bolts are giving me a tough time so they are soaking in some pb

my last name is not stefanik and the other thread was simply to ask whats useful in this rolling chassis once I can get myself a turbo motor to build and drop in... you guys made it drawn out...

sorry my body panel swap is boring

[MattyXXL]

Make this exciting....use a saws-all and some gas to eat up the rust....


BTW #500

[scumcity14]

scottiemann21, on 26 May 2012 - 04:04 PM, said:

sorry some rusted bumper mounting bolts are giving me a tough time so they are soaking in some pb

The bolts will break...just deal with it

[MattyXXL]

[scottiemann21]

yup bolts broke but everything on the parts car is fine so ill use that.

and bumper was siezed on but my BFH took care of that...

so heres the update

new drivers side fender is on my car as well as the fender liner(took me a few minutes to line up the fender) which I had to replace with the one from the parts car because it was torn...

I put the driver wheel back on and now Im on to passenger side while I soak the bumper bracket bolts in pb because the nuts are welded to the frame so I DO NOT want to snap these bolts...

[scottiemann21]

and wifey brought me some beer

dont worry drinking only speeds up the process

[Jardim]

MattyXXL, on 26 May 2012 - 03:55 PM, said:

BTW is your last name stefanik?

That name is reserved for one person only and no body could reach his mystical status.

[scottiemann21]

ok time for an update...

passenger fender and liner is out as well as the cracked up headlight mounting assembly.

I found some vacuum/washer fluid hose lying around from when I did the vacuum lines on my bike. just the perfect length to replace the hose for the windshield washers and headlight washers. so I bypassed the headlight washers and dismounted the wiper assemblies from the good headlight mount assembly...

Just have to deal with a snapped bolt from the old onestuck in the frame then I will be putting on the new one as well as the fender and fender liner

[S8ET6]

You need to blog instead of starting a thread.