Has anyone had the following issue and if so, are there any suggestions. Here's the work that was done: I replaced the bottom rear portion of the pass. side quarter panel, the pass. side trunk floor and the the pass. trunk floor extension. Here's what remains: Rear crossmember (50% gone, only swiss cheesed middle), rear valance, tail light panel, quarter panel end cap. Here's what's known: Charger has fair amount of rust, but frame rails are good; no signs of accident in the area under consideration, all measurements taken (side to side, front to back, diagonal, height from ground) of rear frame rails show everything is square and aligned.

Problem: Even though the bumper showed correct alignment and position before work was started, current test fitting of the bumper (to check correct location of bumper bracket on pass. side) shows the bumper sits up about an inch too high. It appears as if either that corner of the body sunk down over the frame rail or the frame rail migrated up, or some of both. The surface of the trunk floor on the pass. side also seems to be sitting a little higher than before which seems to be supported by comparison with the opposite side of the car. The bottom edge of the quarter panel may be sitting a little lower too when compared to the location of the bottom edge of the trunk floor ext. (which hasn't been secured yet to the bottom edge of the quarter panel). The rear crossmember is no longer continuous from the frame rail of the driver side to the pass. side because of rust holes. A peice of angle iron was welded between the frame rails of each side for rigidity before removal of the rear valence in order to gain access to the rear frame rail.

Thanks for whom ever was able to read through all that and give it some thought. I wanted to make sure I listed as many important details as possible.

 

i know when you start cutting body panels out the car as to be on mutiple supports the the frame isnt strong enough alone to support the whole car when body panels start being cut out, panels support the car also,