haha.... the only thing constant to an xj owner is change

yeah since you're selling it, that makes sense... no reason to spend major upgrade dough for someone else.

 

gonna start knocking stuff off the list. Ordered new o2 sensors from Rockauto tonight.

 

Body shop quote will be expensive. See if you can find a fender that matches at a junkyard or something and put it in instead. I wouldn't mess with it before selling if I couldn't find one either.

 

A red fender has been on my list of stuff to look out for. I knew a body shop was going to be somewhat expensive but I can't see the fender being too hard to fix. None of the metal is crumpled or anything. Let me know if you see anything though!

 

Did I miss pics of the damage? If the metal is not crumpled, it may be something you can fix yourself.

 

It's not. I never posted a picture of the damage specifically, but you can see it in a few pictures...



See where the fender and door meet? Fender is bowed in.

 

Dude do that your self, a few pulls and a couple love taps with a rubber mallet. No where near worth taking it to a body shop. But I do understand how something small like that can bother a proud owner, before I traded me jetta on of my fender markers didnt sit flush and drove me crazy.

 

lol, yeah.. I am gonna try myself first, once the weather gets better. I tried pulling off the fender and then realized I had to remove the header panel to get it off and was like **** it and threw it back on. What do you mean a few pulls?

 

Yank on it with you hands,

 

Suction cup puller

 

I've had both of these thoughts. I'll keep my eyes out for a suction cup puller, but pulling on it with my hands isn't really an option that I want to do if possible... I'd have to take off the door, which I really don't want to do. They're heavy as **** and hard to line up when putting back on... That's the reason the fender is ****ed up in the first place

 

Just be careful, those pullers pop off. I've fallen on my *** before tugging on a suction cup.

 

lol noted. I swear I've seen them at Autozone before?

 

I think so.

 

Do you have a plunger? Try that first before spending money on a suction cup puller. Fixed a dent in the side of the bed of an old dodge pickup - you know with the thick sheet metal. Just beware, usually about the time that the dent pulls out, the suction lets go. I would wet down the area with some water with just the slightest bit of soap in it. Will help the plunger (or even the suction cup puller) stick better.