FuzzyDropbear Posted September 30, 2018 Posted September 30, 2018 Hi guys, Finally got stuck into the front end of my Z today. It had previously been in a bit of a bingle and was left a mess. Scoota, Dale and I replaced the front section of the body forward of the radiator support with bits in better condition. The only thing we didn't do, was measure twice, have a beer, and then measure a couple of more times. We ended up welding in the new sections but they weren't 100% straight. So today's job was to straighten them. My query is; when I fit the front guard and headlight bucket, I have to push down on the front of the headlight cone in order for the hole in the bucket to line up with the correct bolt hole, this causes the guard to flex. As we used the front sections from my other Z, I can't be sure of how well they're supposed to fit. Would I be correct in assuming that the bolt hole should line up pretty well without having to be pushed down too much? Photo below shows the hole that I'm taking about. It's a bit more out than the photo suggests as I haven't finished realigning it to be straight. Cheers, Rob Quote
scotta Posted October 6, 2018 Posted October 6, 2018 i have the same problem, I'm interested in the answer as well. I'm guessing mine has had a front end altercation at some stage. Quote
Administrators gav240z Posted October 7, 2018 Administrators Posted October 7, 2018 Yeah I've had the same problem on #150..The only solutions are modify the support section so it sits higher or file the headlight bucket hole (elongate it) to allow you to put the bolt through it. The other thing you can do is check squareness of the front of the car and compare the non-hit side with the side you repaired. Basically there is no easy solution here that I've found. Other than a lot of messing about. Quote
FuzzyDropbear Posted October 9, 2018 Author Posted October 9, 2018 Thanks Gav. I was wondering whether it was just how they were, given that the headlight bolt closest to the radiator support was spot on where it was supposed to be... But perhaps not. We chopped both sides off (both were damaged). Both do have the same amount of drop though, which is why I thought it could be somewhat correct. Looks like I'm messing about some more then It used to look like this: The other side wasn't much better gav240z 1 Quote
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