Mk1 fabia Vrs. 
When I bought the car it did have some damage to front end but nothing too serious. (Picture attached).

 The bonnet on the car won’t close tidy(you have to force it after a few pushes down) or align correctly as when you do close the bonnet it pulls the bonnet all the way to passenger side basically touching the wing and leaving a big gap. 
I’ve have tried new hinges. Tried realigning the bonnet numerous times. Tried adjusting the the latch on the bonnet and the catch on the slam panel and tried adjust almost every else also the best I can. I’ve also tried a new bonnet and that was exactly the same. Nothing has worked.
With the catch removed I can get the bonnet to line up almost perfectly leading me to believe the frame of the car isn’t bent as it wouldn’t line up at all. 
Could it be that the top part of the slam panel is bent pushing the catch too far over to the one side causing the problem. Just wanted to know if anyone else has experienced the same problem. Cheers. 
Pictures attached below. They make it look not as bad as it sounds but in person it’s really annoying. 
Please ignore the multi coloured parts it’s all being sprayed next month.

The front end is obviously bent somewhere, suggest you get your tape measure out and start writing some numbers down because we'll never be able to figure it out over the interwebs!

Edited 1 May, 20233 yr by sepulchrave

I’ve got another vrs here that’s my daily I can use it to check against. Where would be best to start getting measurements from?

1 hour ago, Jinxy said:

I’ve got another vrs here that’s my daily I can use it to check against. Where would be best to start getting measurements from?

 

The strut towers and the bulkhead are not likely to be out of place.