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    Posted: 21 February 2010 at 12:17pm


Are the grooves supposed to be there? Where the bumper meets the hood
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Originally posted by mxracer208 mxracer208 wrote:

Are the grooves supposed to be there? Where the bumper meets the hood

If you're referring to the gaps... No, not to that extent (although to be fair, it's pretty difficult to see it all that well in that particular picture).

Remember this post I made to you in an earlier thread?

Originally posted by Patrick Patrick wrote:

I took the young son of a friend of mine out to look at that GT in the summer. He was interested in buying his first Fiero. I advised him not to buy that one. I was rather put off by the "minor cosmetics" (as stated in the ad) which to me looked more like major front end damage.

You are experiencing what I didn't want my friend's son to be going through. I suspected all along that things are all screwed up in the front of that car. Doesn't mean you'll never get things to line up properly, but it'll probably be a challenge.

Is that passenger side headlight door also hanging up somewhat?

 

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I think he's referring to the 'grooves' that run forward and back, and line up with the lines in the hood.

Yes.  Those are supposed to be there.

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Originally posted by mxracer208 mxracer208 wrote:

Are the grooves supposed to be there? Where the bumper meets the hood

Originally posted by Dr.Fiero Dr.Fiero wrote:

I think he's referring to the 'grooves' that run forward and back, and line up with the lines in the hood.

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How could they not be supposed to be there?

 

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Well, could be the result of a bad bondo job if you didn't know. Especially if the car had front end damage (Which I'm not sure if this car does or does not).
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thanks for the help, and ya there is some front end damgage im working on. Also on that bumper, where the bumper meets the hood, it curves up. Is there any way to fix that?
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It's tough, but it can be done...

In a very small nutshell:
Find some backing material like a thin wide stick.  Use it to push the skin upwards, while gently heating the skin with a heatgun, good hairdryer, etc.

When you get the desired shape, have someone pour cold water over it to set it in place.  Might want to over shape it, to allow for sag.

Just don't overheat it though...  so...  you'll probably want to practice on a scrap part.

Hey - all the above could be good material for a tech day this summer!
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Tech Day sounds great, also we can finish Capt's custom bumper
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thanks for the help
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