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Originally Posted by canis
Wait... I'm confused. The old panel needs to be cut off, of course. Are you saying he's only cutting half of it off? I'd replace the entire slam panel if it was me, since it's length (width of the car) is a guaranteed known quantity and can't be wrong.
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Yes he cut about half of the panel (more like a third, the damaged side). See pic with marks (from memory, not sure where he cut on the top part).
As you know on these Volvo, the panel is actually welded -to the beams holding the wings and other stuff- at the factory, not bolted. The proper way to replace it in its entirety is by a process of removing the welds, installing new panel and redo the original welds . But he cut the panel just where the bracket for the light is and will weld a cut out piece taken from the other. So he doesn't have to remove the radiator, the lights on the other side and what not (which takes a couple hours ).
But what is going to fix the other side sticking out ? The car chassis (structure) is fine btw