I have owned the Roomie from new since 2013 and I saw it at the dealers when it was wrapped in the white plastic protective skin. I have not had any accident damage to the nearside wing but it has always been raised and does not fit flush and slightly proud with the bonnet. It has been an irritant but I realise that the Roomster is not a Rolls-Royce. I wonder if it was a bad batch of pressings and if other owners have the same? Perhaps a prospective owner or dealer may query if the car had been in an accident. The first photo shows the offside wing and the second the passenger side which fits flush.

You have chosen a camera angle that I would use to hide what you are wanting to show!

You are correct JR. I have lowered the angle. See new pics

Oh yeah, that is bad!

 

Easy enough to gap it though, the wings are made of bacofoil and can be dressed up & down with the palm of the hand, check out the rubber bonnet stops first, they may be adjustable, cant recall.

 

On the Yeti the alignment of the steel bumper reinforcing beam aligns the whole front end, wings, headlights, slam panel, bumper etc.

 

Mine had been in a front end shunt and I had to do some mullering of that area on one or both wings.

Rubber stops - that is the answer. I had to the replace largest one at the front of the bonnet on that side as it was missing after the chamois I used to wipe the underside of the bonnet after washing must have hooked it out and I did not notice it until a week later when I checked the oil. The rubber stop is threaded and I screwed it all the way home so it did not fall out again but that determines the adjustment. I will screw it out so the bonnet aligns with the wing. Thanks for jogging my memory!!! 

I have screwed out the rubber stops to match the perfect side and it is a compromise. The alignment is better but the gap at the front of the bonnet where it sits over the grille is larger. No doubt the hinges need to be readjusted but hey! ho! it has been like it since the factory assembly 7 years ago so it can stay like it. If it had a Rolls-Royce badge I would have taken issue over it.

If the construction is the same as the Yeti then it will be a case of realigning the crash beam and it will probably need the holes opening out or elongating.

 

Everything is aligned from that, bumper, grille, headlights, slam panel etc, its only when everthing is bolted into position and you find that you cannot gap the front end properly that you realise everything has to come off again to start again from a level beam 🙄

Edited 11 July, 20205 yr by J.R.

Thanks for your answers, JR. Don't think I will do an Edd China. My son's Ford Fiesta where the rear light cluster meets the polycarbonate rear bumper assembly is out off alignment by a mm or two. Seen a few Fiesta's the same so Skoda is not alone

I have noticed that other Roomsters have this feature so I suspect that a dodgy batch of pressings were used