Had to do a ton of detail work in the meantime! Working the edges, the inside of the trunk lid, adjusting things, etc. I positioned the front bumper on the car, and still did not like the fit of the fender once it went on. Several issues. The wheel well opening not being centered, the angle of the fender looking "off". The main problem was that if you had the rocker panels of the car parallel to the ground, the door tops actually went uphill toward the rear, at a 5-6* angle. If you mounted the fender to match the lines of the rocker, it looked like it was tilting up too much in front. If you did it to match the door tops, it looked like it was pointing down. I had to mount it right in between the lines of either to compromise. I then had to change the angle of the bumper to match, so I also took it upon myself to shorten up the Malibu's bumper mounts, and push the fender back enough to center the wheels. Had to make mounts for the bumper as well, as it was hel on with big tie wraps!
So, once on, I had a huge gap where the original fender went up to meet the A pillar. I made a mold off the original fender top, and made a fiberglass one that I could bond to the Aston's 'glass fender.