little help please.

[95zenki man]

ok guys

have a little problem, went to pull my drivers side fender off this morning and found the the bottom is crushed (looks like someone jacked it up on the seam or something)
i cant get to the bolts to take the bottom part of the fender off. my question is what do you think i should do here. i did try to hit it a little with a hammer but that didn't do anything...

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seem to find somthing knew to piss me off everyday with this car.

[costa_rican13]

Take some pliers and bend it straight easy, because you don't want eff up the alignment of the fender

[scotty-2-forty]

have a little problem, went to pull my drivers side fender off this morning and found the the bottom is crushed (looks like someone jacked it up on the seam or something)
i cant get to the bolts to take the bottom part of the fender off. my question is what do you think i should do here. i did try to hit it a little with a hammer but that didn't do anything...

Do what ^^^ says first. Then, I would saturate the bolts with a spray lubricant, wait a few minutes and re-apply. Then use an impact wrench on the lightest setting to break them free.

[95zenki man]

don't see a need to start a new thing for this.

so on to ? #2

Firestone "lost" my lug key. and i cant for the life of me find one that will work (got 2 off ebay and they both don't fit)

dose anyone know how i can get these off without fing the studs up?



this is holding me up from doing my breaks, subframe bushings, control arms, and god only knows what else.

[Caveit77777]

I can't really tell but they look sort of like mine. If they are the same, you should be able to bring it to somewhere like advance auto and just find one that matches rather than guessing and buying off ebay. If not, keep guessing.

[95zenki man]

have looked at advance, autozone, oreilly, and napa. i cant find anything that would work. the lugs where on the car when i got it and i do not know the brand or anything but it is a 7 spline lugnut. thats about all i know.

[95zenki man]

one more pic to show how little room i have to work with....

[coolbone28]

America's tire or some other tire shop should have them in stock. I lost mine once...the ones from autozone were like $20 and were in a kit. America's tire just pulled out a bag full of them--got it for $5 or somthin like that.

[95zenki man]

America's tire or some other tire shop should have them in stock. I lost mine once...the ones from autozone were like $20 and were in a kit. America's tire just pulled out a bag full of them--got it for $5 or somthin like that.

do you know if they have a location in NC or a website i can order them off of?

[coolbone28]

well it doesn't look like you have america/discount tire near you or a big-O. Also mine was a 6 spline one...didn't see you had a 7 spline til now. What was wrong with the other lug keys you bought? Not the right size?

Just type in "7 spline lug nut key" in google and check the first few results out.

This site has some 7-spline options with pics and dimensions. http://www.brandsport.com/gorewhloke.html

Just figure out which one you have and go from there.

[mixeds14]

man the lock i had on my wheels look identical to it, but it might be different dont know.. hell go to greensboro to the rims stores(wheel warehouse) places like that, they might have one...

i'll check in the morning n see if mine is a 6 or a 7 spline, i'll let u use it if its the same..

[95zenki man]

man the lock i had on my wheels look identical to it, but it might be different dont know.. hell go to greensboro to the rims stores(wheel warehouse) places like that, they might have one...

i'll check in the morning n see if mine is a 6 or a 7 spline, i'll let u use it if its the same..

that would be great if i can just get them off i have new ones to put on.

the shops around here all said they can get them off but risk fing the studs up. so i dont really want to do that because i have 20mm bolt on spacers.

[SX APPEAL]

Personally I would just take it back to Firestone, if they really did lose your lug key as you say, then they should be responsible for removing the lug nuts by any means necessary and replacing whatever ends up getting broken in the process. my $0.02

[mixeds14]

man u might be in luck.. i just check the key for my lugs n its the 7 spline one... i can let u borrow it, just give it back when ur done.. i still have those lugs on my car but it has a burnt up clutch so i wont be driving it for a week of so.. u still have my # from when u got the spacers? shoot me an email if u dont so we can arrange something.. maybe meet me somewere in hp...

[95zenki man]

looks like i can just make this my question thread?

#3
just got a head for a KA the guy told me the valves are over-sized. they dont look like my other head that is going on my built motor with over-sized valves. seeing as i have never looked at a stock KA head that wasn't pretty much destroyed i could be wrong.

im not sure if you can tell just from looking at a pic but any help would be nice.