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Lateral Hood Adjustment - w204 C250 - how to?
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My hood appears to be out of alignment - the passenger side of hood is about a 1/4" left of the grill. I am not sure how to adjust it from left to right. I'll attach image..thx
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Welcome Yes it does look out of align or the bumper may be out of align
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Originally Posted by Plutoe
If you have the measuring tools,listed below are the factory specs

bumper to headlight=3mm+-1
hood to grill=6mm+-1
hood to bumper=4mm+-1.5
Thanks - I am having some curb rash fixed so the bumper will need to come off at the dealers, they will reset it, hopefully to specs.
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