[Keith Seymore]

Passenger cars are pretty forgiving, I would say, because the “long” wheelbase de-sensitizes any error.

I might be alone on this but I would set the body on, make sure the distance from the fender lip to the rear tire is the same side to side*, and snug it down.

*assuming the rear axle is centered in the frame rails

This is in comparison to pickup trucks, which can get messed up. A regular cab is so short that it can get rotated off to one side. The hood attaches to the cab, which means now the hood is shooting off at an angle compared to the frame.

In order to get the hood gap to the top of the fenders to look right you have to push the radiator support off to that same side.

You can tell if this is the case because the gap between the bumper (which is attached to the frame directly) and the front of the fenders will be different from side to side.

I base this on the experience of building both Blazer/Suburbans and pickups at the same plant. Flint Line 2 was Blazer/Suburban; Flint Line 1 was pickups. It was an issue on Line 1 but I don't recall it being an issue on Line 2.

K