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| | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 63 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 63 | I am not having much luck with the fit on my patch panels.Especialy the inner to outer cowel piece.Is it that i am missing something or do the patches just fit badly.I am preassembling with selftapping screws.I have studied Chucks website and also modified the inner panel.the outer fits and looks great but the inner to outer is off by 3/4 inch on the inside bottom.Any advice will be greatly appriciated. Never won a spelling bee,Aaron  :confused: | | | | | Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 662 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2001 Posts: 662 | I don't remember all the particulars of how I modified the inner-to-outer (should have got that digital camera sooner), but it did not fit very well at all. I let the pillar & hood hinge area define the outer cowl panel, which fit great, modified the inner to match the pillar/floor/toe/rocker, then after debating whether to just make my own, made the Chevy Duty inner-to-outer fit as best I could. It did require cutting and bending. I still had large gaps and used a lot of seam sealer after the fact. Good thing is that panel never shows and my neoprene wheel well liners keep road salt out of there. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 63 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 63 | Thanks chuck, That was my next move (to modify the inner to outer) just wanted to see if you or anyone else had problems with this patch.Also I would like to tell you thanks for keeping your website up it has been a great deal of help to me and many others i am sure.I will post some pics to show progress when i get cowels done.Thanks for youre reply and help,Aaron  | | | | | | Anonymous Unregistered | | Anonymous Unregistered | I replaced both sides on my 54. the left side went in with no problems other than having to modify the top to bottom curve with a rubber mallet. Once in place you may have to move the side flanges in or out to get the best fit. It will not be perfect but you can use seam sealer to fill any gaps as I did.
The right side was a challenge in that I had to section the inner-to-outer panel to get it to fit in the available area. This may be because I had installed the lower outer cowl prior to this and it may have been off slightly.
I have some pics of my repairs on my picture trail albums and others I can send you if you need them.
Never think that any patch panel will fit directly into your repair without some tweaking. | | | | | Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 63 Member | | Member Joined: Feb 2004 Posts: 63 | Thanks Houston,
I have looked at your pics and printed the cowel area ones for referance thanks for the help.Thats a great looking truck whats the color gona be? I was in a salvage store and found some nice fabric for my seats it is a plush velvet type and my reason for buying it the pattern is little chevy bowties.A rare find thanks again
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