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Old May 18, 2013 | 01:48 PM
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Help ! need fender to fender measurement

My 2003 SL500 has a much bigger Trunk lid to fender gap on the right than on the left, (must admit its hard to see on my pictures)
The right rear wing has been changed at some point,
Before we cut the fender welds to correct alignment it could be great if any of you could do a measurement on your SL..
I need the distance from left rear fender "tip" to right rear fender "tip"
Have a look at my first 2 pictures to see what I need.
(It's at the top where the tail light meets the fender)
My car measures 1370mm (53.94 inches), my guess is that's 2-4mm to much..

(4 hours of trunk lid alignment didn't do the trick)
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