Tigershark front install
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St. Jude Donor '08
I just received my Tigershark front facia from 21st Century Musclecars. It was easy to pull the old front end off. The new one lines up fairly well, but Im fairly **** when it comes to fender and hood gaps. Anybody out there that has installed there own please post whether you where able to get really good alingment without any filling or mods to the new front facia. I have just a little more gap at the corners where the hood meets that I would like and the front facia sets a little taller than the front edge of the stock hood. Thanks any info would be helpful
A few tricks of the trade. The front nose has an adjustable edge that can be raised or lowered so that the fascia and the hood will align correctly.
For even more perfection, you can get some large size washers and shim it from underneath to get it perfect.
I am in the midst of converting my coupe to an FRC and outting on my tiger shark nose and mcm hood plus a bunch of ACP body parts.
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I just received my Tigershark front facia from 21st Century Musclecars. It was easy to pull the old front end off. The new one lines up fairly well, but Im fairly **** when it comes to fender and hood gaps. Anybody out there that has installed there own please post whether you where able to get really good alingment without any filling or mods to the new front facia. I have just a little more gap at the corners where the hood meets that I would like and the front facia sets a little taller than the front edge of the stock hood. Thanks any info would be helpful
Do you have fog lamps?
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St. Jude Donor '08
The TS sitting higher than the hood was the problem I had when mine was installed. I adjusted all the post and that thing wouldn't line up for nothing. Then I got to looking at the the bolts that hold the hood onto the hood mounting bracket and saw that ONE of those bolts is an adjusting bolt. Sure enough, that did it. It's not perfect on the sides so I'll need to do some more adjusting but that awful alignment issue in the front is gone.
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No fog lights, I agree there are alot of adjustments, I spent the day working this one over and it fits much better than when I started. It is not a bolt on install if you want it to look correct. I also worked the center out some with 40 grit paper, the facia is very thick there and some material can be removed, also have a good friend in the body buisness.
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St. Jude Donor '08
Not sure what color you car is and whether or not you'll need to blend paint into the hood and fenders.
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so if the test fit had issues, i'd probably have to let the body shop deal with it?
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The shop that did mine has a guy who specializes in after market kits. He said that he has done some that were a major PITA. He then started describing how much work he did on mine but at the end said that this was one of the more pleasant experiences that he has had with an after market install. For what it's worth...
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St. Jude Donor '08
The new ones are really nice and fit up very well or at least mine did.
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There either custom done or repainted silver. I asked the same questions of a couple membes who had done that to their front screens.
I have a dark colored car, Navy Blue and want some contrast and will re-spray the screens silver to match some paint accents that i plan to do.
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There either custom done or repainted silver. I asked the same questions of a couple membes who had done that to their front screens.
I have a dark colored car, Navy Blue and want some contrast and will re-spray the screens silver to match some paint accents that i plan to do.
I have a dark colored car, Navy Blue and want some contrast and will re-spray the screens silver to match some paint accents that i plan to do.
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Less is more. Looks cleaner without the emblem. Anyone who doesn't know what kind of car it is doesn't care what kind of car it is.