Paul Henley
Club Member
Hi All
I popped into the body shop today to check on progress on my 240Z and the panel guy highlighted a potential problem. The issue concerns the panel gap between the edge of the bonnet and windscreen cowl panel. When the bonnet is closed, the outer edges of the bonnet sit level with the cowel panel on their adjusters, but in the centre of the bonnet (the bulge area) there is a noticeable gap between the bonnet and the cowel panel that to us doesn’t look like it should be there? This suggests that either the bonnet is damaged/raised in the middle or the cowel is low in the middle, however both panels appear undamaged? Can someone confirm if this gap should be there or not and on the assumption it shouldn’t be then any experience/advice on removing the gap in the middle? I’ve attached a pic to try and demonstrate the gap.
Thanks in advance for any help
Paul
I popped into the body shop today to check on progress on my 240Z and the panel guy highlighted a potential problem. The issue concerns the panel gap between the edge of the bonnet and windscreen cowl panel. When the bonnet is closed, the outer edges of the bonnet sit level with the cowel panel on their adjusters, but in the centre of the bonnet (the bulge area) there is a noticeable gap between the bonnet and the cowel panel that to us doesn’t look like it should be there? This suggests that either the bonnet is damaged/raised in the middle or the cowel is low in the middle, however both panels appear undamaged? Can someone confirm if this gap should be there or not and on the assumption it shouldn’t be then any experience/advice on removing the gap in the middle? I’ve attached a pic to try and demonstrate the gap.
Thanks in advance for any help
Paul