laguna nose fittment
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laguna nose fittment
I decided to install a laguna nose i acquired on my 74malibu......fits like crap....any imput from you guys....did they fit bad when new? Do they get worse with age? Worst is down the sides,fenders seem wider then the nose so there is quite a jump out to fenders from nose.
bykpainter- G3GM Newbie
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Re: laguna nose fittment
I have or had the same problem! I believe that's just the way they were designed. I have yet to see one that wasn't factory installed have the same issues. When I decide to tackle that project, I think I will see what causes the fenders to "stick out" like that and try to cut or modify to remedy that. Don't know if it is fixable, but at least I'll try. I'm like you, I can't just leave it be, it looks terrible! I believe the difference is almost 1/2 to 1/4 inch height variation in the fender to nose going down the sides of the car.
Bruisr- G3GM Member
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Re: laguna nose fittment
Have you loosened all the attatching bolts and tried moving the fenders around or are you fitting the nose on as is? That is possibly where the factory fitment comes in you were talking about. If you have already tried that and they still dont fit, you may have to look at the bracketry that hangs it to the fender/ rad support.
Pontichev327- G3GM Enthusiast
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Re: laguna nose fittment
If you see a perfect one, someone has had to have done some filler work. They never were very straight on the verticle ends of the nose. That urethane was still a new process and not perfect by any means.
Pontichev327- G3GM Enthusiast
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Re: laguna nose fittment
Thnx for the imput.its good to know mine isnt the only one....ive done paint and body my whole life so fixing it wont be too big of a deal....
bykpainter- G3GM Newbie
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Re: laguna nose fittment
If the front plastic facia has no paint on it, maybe you could use a heat gun on it & re-shape it a bit. I've had to do that with plastic bumper filler panels...
Just an idea....
Just an idea....
pila- Donating Member
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Re: laguna nose fittment
actually theres a product out there called panel bond,its fantastic on plastics will expand more like the bumper material and wont crack off like bondodriveit wrote:Bondo! Learning to use it now.
bykpainter- G3GM Newbie
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Re: laguna nose fittment
I spent some time yesterday realigning everything..not perfect by any means but much better
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