12-06-2023, 09:49 AM | #1 |
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Is it me, or does this hood gap look off?
I looked at this car that is local with 450 miles, but something seems off on the nose of the car with the gaps between the nose and hood?
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I’ve heard varying opinions on fitment of the OEM carbon fiber hood for our cars. Unlike the standard hoods which should have no gaps, some say the CF hoods don’t always line up perfectly. I’ve been struggling with the hood on my CS ever since the dealership replaced my headlights under warranty back in June. I swear there is a gap there now where there wasn’t before, but the tech at the dealership is telling me it’s just due to the composition of the hood.
To complicate matters, I look back at pictures of my car prior to the headlight install and incredibly I do see gaps which my mind never registered before. I also trust this tech 100% as he’s done fantastic work on my cars for years and I have no reason to doubt him. I don’t know what to think at this point honestly, I think it’s just something I need to live with. I may try taking it to a professional body shop to get a final opinion to see if they can make everything more flush. Here are a couple pics of my hood/bumper after the headlight install. The gap for me is most noticeable on the driver’s side in the front on shots. There are no recorded accidents on my car either. |
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12-06-2023, 02:53 PM | #6 |
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I went back and looked at it, and pictures of it make it look worse.
What was really disappointing is someone lifted the windshield wiper and took a part of the paint out on the lip, and dragged something across the hood and put scratches down to the primer. Dealer said they have so many people calling on it. Not interested in comps on CarGurus. Let see how they feel at month end. |
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Looks perfect now, nice work! Would you have any tips on what to adjust to get the fitment correct? I see the little stoppers which are attached to the hood and you can twist them, but it never seems to get the hood close enough to the front fascia no matter how much I twist it. Is there another adjustment point I'm missing? Thanks!
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1. Headlight sag - I find that over time, the inner top headlight bracket starts to sag a little bit. That’s a problem because the top of the headlight is the final attachment point for the bumper, which ends up pulling the ends down a bit. This is VERY common on cars that have had the headlights taken out for any reason, GTS hood or not. The solution here is to loosen all the headlight bolts and reposition the headlights to eliminate as much sag as possible. 2. GTS Hood fitment - I find that the CRFP GTS hoods are very straight and the front bumper has a slight curve. Now either the hood will need to be forced into a curve or the bumper needs to sit more straight - only one of those is feasible whcih is straightening out the bumper. The way I’ve done this is to buy a whole bunch of washers and shim them under the outer few bumper attachment points (where the bumper screws to the top of the front end) to raise the outer edges and straighten that bumper hood line out. So to fix it I did the following: 1. Adjust the hood spacers and bumper spacers that the center of the hood is flush with the bumper. 2. Loosen the headlight mounting bolts, repositioned the headlights with the bumper attached so I can see where the edges of the bumper hood line are, hold it in place, and tighten down the bolts so the headlight is locked in place. 3. Shimmed the outer bumper/hood attachment points to raise the edges and additional amount to meet the hood line. For yours, you can very likely just get away with doing #3 and shimming the bumper. You can pickup a whole baggie of washers from any Ace and use them to raise the outer edges of your bumper. Here’s my post relating to #3 for illustrative purposes: https://f80.bimmerpost.com/forums/sh...&postcount=148
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Looks to me like the bumper and/or headlights have been removed at some point. These cars did not leave the factory like this and if they did, nobody would accept it.
It just needs to be aligned and it takes a LOT of time and adjustment.
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I think this one looks fine. The condition of the lip on the other hand
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RugbyBro Hey there, used your washer trick to some improvement. Need to massage a bit more to get 100% there but good enough for now. Definitely less noticeable gap now. I’m sure our friends who are a bit more sensitive to such things will find it unacceptable, but luckily I’m ok with it.
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I just noticed I appeared to have pulled out the passengers side grill a bit at the top left corner. Good grief it never ends, I’ll get it back into place in a bit. Thanks again for your help, easy fix!! |
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