You are better off using the correct side so the outer metal can be left attached to the striker and bracket and butt weld it in as a unit with the correct contours for locating it. I may have one on a car here but weather is holding back part removals and we are getting 24 more inches Sunday. I'll look later today to see if there is a good one on a car here. I am leaving to take my grandsons home. So it will be when I get back Steve