Hey guys, I recently replaced my bonnet after a little accident. After replacing it I can’t get it to sit right. I have adjusted every which way at the hinge points and the 4 rubber bungs but still no joy. It sits

too far to the drivers side and very close to the headlight whereas the passenger side has a massive gap, too far back and lower than the headlight. I have attached some picture. Has anyone got any recommendations on how to remedy this issue? Its really getting to me now 😂 Thanks

Did you replace the bumper and crash beam?

 

All the gaps are tied to the correct location of the crashbeam as the headlights are aligned from it, yours may need moving to the left and possibly shimming forwards.

 

If it was not replaced then the drivers side sacrificial crumple zone may have given slightly moving that side of the beam back.

 

To correctly gap my Yeti I had to slot some of the fixing holes on the crash beam, loosen the front wing fixings, align the bonnet to the headlights and grille and then gap the wings to the bonnet.

 

You are pretty close & I think the key is the crash beam alignment.

Thanks for that. No the bumper and crash beam were not replaced. Basically i rolled into a wall and my bonnet got stuck under a window sill (stupid i know 🤦‍♀️) have attached a picture of the damage. As far as I thought the bonnet was the only thing damaged? 

 

 

does not look to far out to me either, the only "issue" I see is the shut line next to the drivers wing.

 

You "should" be able to shift the bonnet across on the hinges........however..........

 

Did you swap the bonnet latch over ? if you did, this will be the main determining factor as it "has" to latch closed.  See if there is any adjustment to the passenger side on the bonnet catch.

Loosen off the wings anyway, get the best alignment that you can with the rear edge of the wings and the radiator grille, decide then if slackening the crash beam bolts and re-aligning will tweak the headlights to a better alignment with the bonnet, finally gap the wings.

 

Unlike any car I have owned the headlights were the key to all the panel gaps, you may even get some movement on their fixings.

 

Good point re the bonnet catch especially if the bonnet wing gaps are equal at the rear which I cant see from the photos, if the gaps are parallel but unequal you can physically pull the bonnet to one side to spring the hinges.

 

I prefer to do all my gapping with the bonnet catch removed, not least because you dont want it to get stuck in the closed position, once you have it as close as possible then the final tweaking of the front side to side can be done with the catch.

Edited 15 April, 20215 yr by J.R.

The bonnet catch is the one that came with the new bonnet and now that you mention it, it is harder to close than the original. I will have a play around with that tomorrow and have a look at the crash beam. Thanks guys 🤞

if its hard to close, the catch is not inline with "your" vehicle.

 

 

 

 

I have messed around with the bonnet catch and all is good 👍 Im new to all this car fiddling millark so didn’t even think something so small could be the issue. Cheers guys 👍 Appreciate it.