by cass3958 » Wed Feb 19, 2020 10:56 pm
There are two things that might cause this gap and I know as I have the same thing on one side.
First in my case the previous owner paid a bunch of Monkeys to weld on a new front wing on to the car which they did without lining up the gap by putting the bonnet on before starting the welding. No chance of rectifying it unless I cut the wing off and start again. My bonnet is flush at the top and the gap increases as it gets closer to the front of the car.
The second reason is the adjustment of the hinge. Your gap appears to be at the top end and the photo does not show if this gap runs all the way to the front. But if the gap is just at the top then you could adjust the hinge. The hinge is bolted to the bonnet and you could lift the height of the bonnet at this point with washers but no good if you are trying to lower it. So the hinge is bolted to the side of the inner wing by four bolts and what you could do is loosen these bolts off slightly and push the bonnet and hinge down so it sits tighter to the wing then cinch up the bolts again. If the bolts are tight against the holes already you could try to elongate the holes in the hinge plate with a die grinder or file which will allow you to push the bonnet down enough to close the gap up.
There are two things that might cause this gap and I know as I have the same thing on one side.
First in my case the previous owner paid a bunch of Monkeys to weld on a new front wing on to the car which they did without lining up the gap by putting the bonnet on before starting the welding. No chance of rectifying it unless I cut the wing off and start again. My bonnet is flush at the top and the gap increases as it gets closer to the front of the car.
The second reason is the adjustment of the hinge. Your gap appears to be at the top end and the photo does not show if this gap runs all the way to the front. But if the gap is just at the top then you could adjust the hinge. The hinge is bolted to the bonnet and you could lift the height of the bonnet at this point with washers but no good if you are trying to lower it. So the hinge is bolted to the side of the inner wing by four bolts and what you could do is loosen these bolts off slightly and push the bonnet and hinge down so it sits tighter to the wing then cinch up the bolts again. If the bolts are tight against the holes already you could try to elongate the holes in the hinge plate with a die grinder or file which will allow you to push the bonnet down enough to close the gap up.