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 Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:29 am |
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Location: Wiltshire
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I have a problem.. When you look at my car from the side, it looks like the bonnets open a little bit, almost as if its on the latch. It doesn't sit tightly to the lights, there's a gap big enough almost to get your finger in. Anyone know what this might be?
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:36 am |
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Location: Peterborough
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creased bonnet at front. if its anything like my old one
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 4:49 am |
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Location: Essex
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Check the bottom part of the latch (the bit with the spring on) is it loose? This is the bit which holds the bonnet down and is adjustable
Stick a picture on if not
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:01 am |
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Heres a picture
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:02 am |
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Location: Essex
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take one from the front showing the whole bonnet face... I think something is bent
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:07 am |
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Yeah I've got a feeling something is bent.. is this any good?
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:26 am |
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Location: Essex
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you need to take it closer and lower... I am looking for a dish in the bonnet TBH....
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:48 am |
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Location: Manchester
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looks like someones slammed it shut with something getting in the way near the front
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:03 am |
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Joined: Oct 05, 2010
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Location: West Sussex
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Look at it in the light at different angles and try to spot a crease mark.
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 7:47 am |
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Location: Chester, UK
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Your lights are cheap and nasty. If you look at older pictures, when your car had the OEM headlights on, you'll notice the bonnet won't look like that.
It's your headlights, not the bonnet itself.
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:00 pm |
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It was the same if not worse with the oem lights in lol
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:39 pm |
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Have you been 'aherm', using your bonnet for recreational purposes so to speak?..
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 5:50 pm |
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Joined: Sep 05, 2011
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Location: Leeds
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| V9977 wrote: |
| Have you been 'aherm', using your bonnet for recreational purposes so to speak?.. |
Doing some very dark deeds? HAHA! Made me laugh  
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:12 pm |
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Joined: Aug 04, 2011
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Location: Leicester
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| TheGTIlad wrote: |
| V9977 wrote: |
| Have you been 'aherm', using your bonnet for recreational purposes so to speak?.. |
Doing some very dark deeds? HAHA! Made me laugh |
would be an indent in that case lol.
in all honesty it looks like my old clio which someone hit the front of and the bonnet never sat perfectly after that :S
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Posted: Mon Sep 12, 2011 6:14 pm |
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Joined: Aug 04, 2011
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Location: Leicester
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| Bassline_Toad wrote: |
Your lights are cheap and nasty. If you look at older pictures, when your car had the OEM headlights on, you'll notice the bonnet won't look like that.
It's your headlights, not the bonnet itself. |
i've got black angels on mine and the bonnet sits fine just like it did with the standards?
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