Noticeable hood/bumper gap
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Noticeable hood/bumper gap
Does anyone else have a noticeable gap between the hood and front bumper? It measures at 5.8mm, I'm wondering what other W205's measure at. The hood looks to be aligned properly so moving it forward more might make it misaligned in other places, so maybe it's something with the front bumper. Either way I'd let to have it fixed to what's considered an "acceptable" amount of gap.
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I'll check it out when I get a chance, are these pictures from a c300? Is it just a matter of loosening the screws and pushing the bumper in then tighten? Is it hard to get both sides even? I may just have my dealer do it so I dont screw things up more and hopefully it's simple enough they won't charge me
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I'll check it out when I get a chance, are these pictures from a c300? Is it just a matter of loosening the screws and pushing the bumper in then tighten? Is it hard to get both sides even? I may just have my dealer do it so I dont screw things up more and hopefully it's simple enough they won't charge me
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Interesting thread - (1) your Gap Is normal (2) the Narrow gap is NOT NORMAL - and the NARROW GAP is way wrong and to anyone in a collision center would "seem" to indicate a front end accident and bad front grill replacement.
I guess no one here so far understands the reason why the Normal gap is there....
I guess no one here so far understands the reason why the Normal gap is there....
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The gap is totally normal. Honestly, looks better with it. That narrow gap from that white c300 looks bad to me, doesn't give it that decline affect, if that makes any sense. Just like it was mentioned by previous users, you can easily adjust to tighten if it bothers you with the top three screws.
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It would also make logical sense to use the panel gaps around the rest of the car as your guide. You want all of the gaps around the entire car to be fairly uniform.
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The Mercedes recommended panel GAP measurements are attached.
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I just measured my fender-hood gap and it is exactly 1/8 inch (~3mm). My grill-hood gap was about 4.5mm, but I have had my grill on and off multiple times.
I adjusted my grill down to a 3mm gap and the uniformity looks good to me.
Thanks to this thread for giving me something to do on my Saturday afternoon
I adjusted my grill down to a 3mm gap and the uniformity looks good to me.
Thanks to this thread for giving me something to do on my Saturday afternoon
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So I adjusted it down to around 4mm. Now I'm noticing a little more gap on the left side where the hood curves when stepping back and looking at it for some reason. I tried messing with the other adjustment further down on the left side of the bumper but didn't seem to help. Not sure if I want to live with it or deal with having the dealer or body shop tinker with it and maybe I'll think it's worse than before lol.