68 RS Tail Light Panel

[SMS]

Originally Posted by Too Many Projects

Nice vid for help. The tip with the vise grips to pull the radius tight is very important and will help close up trunk lid gap. He already had the tail panel spot welded to the quarter, DON'T do that first. Use the vise grips to pull those panels square and tight to each other first and then check gap. The sequence he did this in won't allow any quarter movement, it only pulls the tail panel out to meet the q-p.

I think he already had it set, but was retracing the process for the demo. Jubee has some good metal working content on his channel.

[GBowman]

Got the AMD panel today and semi, quasi mocked it up. I think it's gonna be a much better fit than the other one. One thing I did learn though, when replacing with full quarters including sail panels, clamp the rear filler panel to the quarter side lip and then work the tail panel in. Thanks for all the tips. I appreciate it.

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by GBowman

Got the AMD panel today and semi, quasi mocked it up. I think it's gonna be a much better fit than the other one. One thing I did learn though, when replacing with full quarters including sail panels, clamp the rear filler panel to the quarter side lip and then work the tail panel in. Thanks for all the tips. I appreciate it.

Exactly, pull all the panels tight with clamps and drill screws, working from the front to the back for the best lid gap.

[Too Many Projects]

Originally Posted by SMS

I think he already had it set, but was retracing the process for the demo. Jubee has some good metal working content on his channel.

I agree, just didn't want others to think welding the q-p to the t-p before pulling that tight was the right sequence to do that in.