Body work issue

[88GeeTee]

sometime in my Stang's past, the hood flew off...i mean TOTALLY off...this left extensive dents in the roof and in the cowl panel. here is my question...is the cowl panel removeable without extensive labor? i have a PERFECT one out of my '86 donor car, i just need to know how to get it out. or am i stuck having to repair the one in the '88?

thanks in advance
Josh

 

[74courier]

the cowl panel is welded to the body you would have to most likely remove your winsheild front sheetmetal and then drill out all the spot welds and weld the new one on. do you have pics of the damage? if its not to bad a good body shop can fix it with out having to take you car all the way apart.

 

[88GeeTee]

thats what i was afraid of...i'll get pics later on...i think it can be fixed but i was hopin it would be easier to replace...

Josh

 

[bryce93lx]

BONDO!!!!!!, it sucks but it happens to the best of us, if i ever wreck my car agian there is going to be an explosion of bondo that may well be visible from space

 

[BlownFiveLiter]

If you pull the plastic cowl grille, can you get to the underside of the metal of the cowl panel? I haven't had a Fox in seven years, but I remember being able to fix mine somehow when it happened. I know I used a slide hammer for the majority of it, but I think I was able to push up on it from the backside, too.

 

[aete2]

yup best bet is to repair it, getting it out is ugly , i had the same thing and just repaired it just take the plastic cowl off and its easy to get to.

 

[88GeeTee]

yea, i knew i could get under it...just figured if it was pretty easy to get out i would just replace it since i have a GREAT one...thanks guys!

Josh

 

[houndxs]

Looking at buying a car that this has happened to. roof took the majority of the damage above the windsheild. Is this a hard fix? Would it be easier with a stud welder? thanks

 

[Hickfied]

I found it cheaper to get a roller than to fix the body work when my hood flew up.

 

[Zero_chance]

My hood flew up a while back and the local body shop quoted me 250 to use a stud welder to pull it out as much as possible and then finish up the rest with paint.