Tvan

Newbie question...
What exactly does it mean when someone says the front "clip"?
I have seen a lot of posts were they removed the front clip but can't figure out exactly what they mean.
Thanks for your patience.

2blu442

When I hear front clip I think of the front fenders, inner fender liners, the core support and sometimes the grill. If you unbolt the fenders from the cowl, the core support from the frame, a few other minor details... then you can lift off this assembly as a unit. John

J-(Chicago)

Front clip is fenders, inner fenders, hood, core support, and loaded header panel.

Many people mess this up by calling the header panel the front clip, when in fact it is not.

MDchanic

+1.

The whole front body forward of the doors. Comes right off at the junk yard with fairly few fasteners, and can be stacked on large outdoor shelves for later retrieval.

- Eric

joe_padavano

Well. that's the way it USED to be with body-on-frame cars. Not so easy now with unibody construction.

MDchanic

Okay, so it's been a while since I worked in a junk yard...

- Eric

golds56

most yards now have a saw and cut them through the windshield post and across the floor.Tha saw is 2 cycle just like a chain saw but the blade is more od a diamond cutoff disk about 15 " across.You dont want to argue with one.

Bluevista

The front clip can also be called the "doghouse".

Like when you take it off the car and set it out in the yard and let the dog live under it.

MDchanic

You been lookin' in my yard again?!? Leave my dog outta this!

- Eric