HOW TO: Rear quarter panel repair w/Heat Gun

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Post by 94_240sx » Tue Aug 14, 2012 6:53 am

This has been bugging me since the day 1, so I decided to take care of it once and for all. Every 240 vert I've seen had this problem.

BEFORE:

Took them off

Use a heat gun to heat up the INSIDE and bend it slowly. Once it's done, spray water to cool down, so it'll stay in that shape.

And they came out very nice...

AFTER:

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Post by zerodameaon » Tue Aug 21, 2012 10:45 pm

So awesome thanks for the idea. I have been trying to figure out ways to fix that issue and didn't think about heat.

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