adjusting the front bumper
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From: chicago il
adjusting the front bumper
How do you adjust the front bumper that line up with the hood? When you pop the hood there are 5 bolts for the height adjustment, but the bolt head is in front of the adjustment plate and not accessible. Is there a trick to this? I need to lower the corners of the bumper to line it up even with the hood.
Any advice and tips will be appreciated.
Any advice and tips will be appreciated.
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From: Illinois
How is the rest of the hood alignment, meaning is it 'level' in the center section? And how much lower are the front corners than that center.
Reason I ask is I did some minor adjustments on mine, it wasn't all that bad, but you can't lower the bumper, you have to raise the hood at the corners and then it raises the entire front of the hood.
If it's not that off, leave it. When I was messing with mine, I looked at several different cars and a great deal of them were off at some point.
If it's really far off, take into the dealer and let them mess with it. On each side of the hood, there are 4 bolts. 2 that attach to the hood and 2 to the frame. Problem you can run into is once you start 'adjusting' things, you can really get it out of whack and then your going to spend hours trying to get it to be back to normal.
Reason I ask is I did some minor adjustments on mine, it wasn't all that bad, but you can't lower the bumper, you have to raise the hood at the corners and then it raises the entire front of the hood.
If it's not that off, leave it. When I was messing with mine, I looked at several different cars and a great deal of them were off at some point.
If it's really far off, take into the dealer and let them mess with it. On each side of the hood, there are 4 bolts. 2 that attach to the hood and 2 to the frame. Problem you can run into is once you start 'adjusting' things, you can really get it out of whack and then your going to spend hours trying to get it to be back to normal.
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Joined: Mar 2002
Posts: 167
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From: chicago il
How is the rest of the hood alignment, meaning is it 'level' in the center section? And how much lower are the front corners than that center.
Reason I ask is I did some minor adjustments on mine, it wasn't all that bad, but you can't lower the bumper, you have to raise the hood at the corners and then it raises the entire front of the hood.
If it's not that off, leave it. When I was messing with mine, I looked at several different cars and a great deal of them were off at some point.
If it's really far off, take into the dealer and let them mess with it. On each side of the hood, there are 4 bolts. 2 that attach to the hood and 2 to the frame. Problem you can run into is once you start 'adjusting' things, you can really get it out of whack and then your going to spend hours trying to get it to be back to normal.
Reason I ask is I did some minor adjustments on mine, it wasn't all that bad, but you can't lower the bumper, you have to raise the hood at the corners and then it raises the entire front of the hood.
If it's not that off, leave it. When I was messing with mine, I looked at several different cars and a great deal of them were off at some point.
If it's really far off, take into the dealer and let them mess with it. On each side of the hood, there are 4 bolts. 2 that attach to the hood and 2 to the frame. Problem you can run into is once you start 'adjusting' things, you can really get it out of whack and then your going to spend hours trying to get it to be back to normal.
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From: Boca Raton Inlet, Atlantic Ocean (Floridas east coast)
My driver headlight had a big gap around one side, the other headlight spacing was fine. The dealer said they saw a couple like this, not installed correctly. They did an excellent job fixing it and not one scratch in the paint. Take it to the dealer if your still under warrantee.
