Re: body stuff, cheap

["Chris DeLong" <green536@hotmail.com>]

This will fix your problem: Buy a set of good (unbent) hood hinges, replace 
your hood. Necesary bodywork will have to be done to the cowl and or roof if 
its that bad.

>
>My 86 has some minor damage from the hood opening during flight.  The cowl
>under the windshirld is, of course, damaged.  It is buckled (less than my 
>84
>which was ripped apart!) and it is higher than normal in the center, so the
>hood catches.  Also, the rear corners of the hood are slightly bent at 
>about
>30 deg.  How should I go about bending the hood back, and lowering the 
>cowl.
>One suggestion I had, to reduce the visability of the buckleing, is to 
>paint
>the cowl flat black, like the B-pillars.  My car is grey, so it should 
>blend
>well.  This is opposed to bondo, sanding, and matching the (good) factory
>finish.  There is also a slight impact ding on the upper corner of the 
>right
>fender.  It does not travel far back, but the hood is bent here to match.
>Should I take the fender off and beat it from the inside, or try to bondo 
>and
>paint?
>One more problem (before this turns into a long, bitchy, story)  is that 
>some
>@-hole screwed mud flaps to the rear fenders with big screws, which cause 
>the
>lip around the fender to develop small holes.  Has anyone tackled this
>problem before?
>
>Thanks for any help
>Ben S.
>
>84 8v
>86 8v with re-new gas tank
>
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Chris DeLong
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'80 Rocco (For Sale)
'78 Scirocco
'82 GLI
'80 'Vert
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