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rotorwrench · 11-23-2018, 05:30 PM

Keep close track of each pad for size and quantity of shims that may be there. It's hard to compare a flattened out pad to a new one so it's hard to say if they are the same as they were originally. Check all your body & door fits in case the frame has been tweeked a bit over time. They shimmed the body to get the best fit up of all the sheet metal and you may need to do do some changes give or take a shim. If your lucky, you won't have to do any changes. When Ford dropped a lot of the bodies on the frame, they already had the front clip on the car so that they could work the cowl for the best fit. Folks can have a hell of a time getting alignment after removing the body from the frame on an old well used car so hopefully you won't have to mess with all that.

11-23-2018, 05:30 PM	#10
rotorwrench Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: San Antonio, Texas Posts: 16,437	Re: How to Replace Body Pads - 48 Tudor Sedan Keep close track of each pad for size and quantity of shims that may be there. It's hard to compare a flattened out pad to a new one so it's hard to say if they are the same as they were originally. Check all your body & door fits in case the frame has been tweeked a bit over time. They shimmed the body to get the best fit up of all the sheet metal and you may need to do do some changes give or take a shim. If your lucky, you won't have to do any changes. When Ford dropped a lot of the bodies on the frame, they already had the front clip on the car so that they could work the cowl for the best fit. Folks can have a hell of a time getting alignment after removing the body from the frame on an old well used car so hopefully you won't have to mess with all that.