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Auto body repair & detailing/lincoln fender

Expert: Mike Potter - 1/20/2008

Question
i was replacing a hinge on a 94 towncar driver door... closed it for the first time and it's jamming against the front fender.... where's the bolts i need to loose the front fender so i can get some room to open the door and readjust...... thanks

Answer
You have bolts at the bottom of the fender that are accessable. Bolts under the hood near the hinge and one inside the door that you can't reach with the door closed.
Take a carpenters wonder bar, or a wide flat piece of steeel and stick it between the fender and door. Gently open the door and pry with the wonder bar at the same time, the door will open but you may lose some paint

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Comment	thanks for your reply... my brother-in-law came to help me out with tools- and he did exactly what you said to do. He put the flat crowbar side in the seam and quickly forced the door inside the fender with very little loss of paint. i did some damage trying to be careful... kinked the fender a bit, but overall satisfied with the way things turned out. I was having no fun! thanks for your help......... evan