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Focus 1999 (08.1998-12.2004)
Mechanical Repairs
5 Body and Paint / 501 Body and Paint
501-30 Rear End Sheet Metal Repairs
Removal and Installation
Rear Lamp Mounting Panel - 4-Door
Rear End Sheet Metal Repairs - Rear Lamp Mounting Panel—4-Door
Focus 1999 (08/1998-12/2004)
Removal and Installation
Materials
Name
Specification
Lamp retaining panel
Rear quarter panel extension
Floor panel reinforcement
Removal
General note.
Before beginning the repair, remove the back panel.
Lamp retaining panel with reinforcement
Rough cut.
Lamp retaining panel with reinforcement
Rough cuts.
CAUTION:
The lamp retaining panel is brazed in places.
Lamp retaining panel
Remove the remaining flanges.
Rough cut.
Grind out the weld seam.
Detach the braze points.
Installation
Lamp retaining panel with reinforcement
Continuous MIG seam weld.
Puddle weld.
Floor panel reinforcement
Bend up the quarter panel weld flange.
Puddle weld (two panel thicknesses)
Bend up the quarter panel weld flange.
Lamp retaining panel
Bend the weld flanges upwards.
CAUTION:
If the lamp retaining panel is being renewed in combination with the back panel, install the back panel before the lamp retaining panel.
Lamp retaining panel
Bend back the quarter panel weld flange.
Puddle weld.
Braze.
Mechanical Repairs
5 Body and Paint / 501 Body and Paint
501-30 Rear End Sheet Metal Repairs
Removal and Installation
Rear Lamp Mounting Panel - 4-Door
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