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Timeless
04-03-2023, 11:29 AM
Left side of the rear fascia is bowed out - right side is ok. Anyone has this issue with their car? Perhaps heat gun to assist in manipulation?
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ssdelorean
04-03-2023, 01:57 PM
Left side of the rear fascia is bowed out - right side is ok. Anyone has this issue with their car? Perhaps heat gun to assist in manipulation?
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It's that FL sun! You need to move back to MI! ;-)

Timeless
04-03-2023, 02:41 PM
It's that FL sun! You need to move back to MI! ;-)
HA! It's been like that since I acquired it - was in a garage in OK/TX for 20 years. The front fascia is great and minimal eyebrows when I got it which have been remedied.

painterdave72
04-03-2023, 07:14 PM
you can take the light out and loosen the three nuts that hold the side of it tight and try to move it in a bit. but yeah a heat gun carefully will help also...

Timeless
04-24-2023, 10:08 AM
Heat gun treatment did not provide much, if any, help at all. While the tail lights are out for polishing I'll be replacing all 6 mounting nuts and washers.

Ron
04-24-2023, 12:34 PM
A lot to remove in order to get to it, but you might try changing the quarter panel's arc by bending its bracket (https://store.delorean.com/catalogsearch/result/?q=110053). Worked for us.

Timeless
04-25-2023, 10:28 AM
Fixed. Missing hardware was the culprit. Replaced all 6 nuts with new SS pieces - gaps have been closed.