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I am looking at C5Z's and came across this one for sale somewhat locally. It's got about 21k miles on it. Looks very clean in all of the other pictures. Been with one owner for the majority of its life. Carfax is clean.
I noticed in one of the pictures - that I've attached - the hood/headlight covers/front bumper and then between the fenders looks a little "off" to me. I come from the fbody world, where this kind of stuff is pretty normal, is it like that too for the vettes? Am I making something out of nothing? It looks like that front end was apart at some point in time and then not quite put back together right... but maybe I'm going crazy.
I don't really have any reason not to believe the guy, but the car isn't exactly "close" so I was wondering what you guys think?
Looks good to me, but I looked again and can maybe see what you are seeing. That's a slick looking car based on that front bumper. I wouldn't worry too much about it. Nothing on Carfax, he's had it mostly, I'd say its good to go.
The adjustments you can make to the headlight covers position is endless, tedious but endless. The cover attaches to these brackets which can be loosened at the red points to adjust the gaps. The tedious part is having to remove and check your work. Get a chair.......
Last edited by yellow2007; Mar 14, 2024 at 02:39 PM.
Hah! I was just playing with this stuff last weekend on my C5.
I was trying to get my headlight covers more "level" with the hood and they are not perfect but they are better than they were. With that, there is a bigger gap on my passenger side on the backside and inside of the headlight cover than there is on the driver side. Almost identical to your picture but the "gap" is on the passenger side. I know it can be adjusted but unless you really stare at it and look for it you won't see it and its fairly normal.
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C5Z Hood Alignment Question
