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Originally Posted by Keith Seymore
A word about assembly fixtures:
Fixtures, like for adhesive body side trim, hood opening squaring, or - in this case - pinstriping, often are only used at the time of introduction or while management is watching.
They usually fall into disuse because they represent more work for the line operator by having to retrieve them, place them and then put them back at the end of that work cycle, up to 400 times a day.
In their defense, you do get pretty good after doing that many and - in truth nobody can see both sides of the vehicle at the same time.
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You are correct. I have many friends and family that worked for GM. Working up the line was done quite often. A couple years ago, I ordered a new GMC 2500hd pick up truck. I told my dealer to have a new set of chrome body side molding ready when it comes in. I told him they would be installed by hand up the line instead of using the tool. Sure enough, all 4 pieces were pointing in all different directions. The dealer took them off, and put new ones on straight. I asked the dealer if he ever complains to upper GM people and he said it never gets anywhere.