Fender installation predicament
 

If you've seen my progress on the "What did you do with your truck today" thread, you'll note the I just installed my inner fenders. Trouble is, there appears to be no way to get the outer fenders on over the inners.

Should I bolt the inners/outers together first and then install both as a unit?

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When I saw that post I was thinking the same thing, I believe the inner fenders have to be on and they are installed as an assembly.

Brian

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Question asked and answered!

After fiddling all morning struggling to install the outer fenders, I finally gave up, tore everything apart and bolted the inners and outers together as a unit. Result: fenders were installed in 5 minutes.

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I think I remember going though that over 30 years ago but I always seem to have to do things twice because something doesn't jive the first time.

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I have found DIY actually means DIO (do it over --and over). Perseverance wins the day

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I installed my passenger fender over an already installed inner fender. if I remember right you have to remove the bolts on the top of the core support because the fender slides under there. if your fenders are painted though I wouldn't do it. you WILL scratch them. its messy. as a unit is the best way.

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Looks like you figured it out, but I did notice in your first pic that the core support bolts that attach the inner fender were already installed. One of those bolts goes through the outer fender.

I did mine with the inners installed, but you have to keep all the bolts loose until everything is in place. There is a surprising amount of moving and twisting to get all the holes to line up.

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when I installed my front fenders, I fought with it for a long time. then my wife suggested I assemble everything on the garage floor. we did that, removed the front wheels & 3 of us were able to lift the front clip up and drop it right in. some times she scares me with how smart she is.

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I frequently ask my wife's advice on car builds. Being a non-participant, she has a different way of looking at things than me, and sometimes that's what it takes to solve a problem.

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YEP, that can work!

Brian

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If anything is worth doing, It is worth doing twice. I live and breath by that, or at least it seams to be the norm.

Every once in a while mine is the same way. I'll ask some random question and she will remember the answer better than myself.

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DIY = DIO (do it over) perseverance wins the day.