Pagoda SL Group

W113 Pagoda SL Group => Body, interior, paint, chrome, and cosmetic items => Topic started by: Dash808 on October 22, 2008, 00:34:56

Title: Grill Gap?
Post by: Dash808 on October 22, 2008, 00:34:56
Do you folks have a gap above your grill?
I have one on the very top most part between the pointy part and the hood.  Is this normal? I can fit my finger between the gap.  It's like the grill does not fit exactly right and not flush all the way around.
Thanks.
Title: Re: Grill Gap?
Post by: thelews on October 22, 2008, 05:55:40
quote:
Originally posted by Dash808

Do you folks have a gap above your grill?
I have one on the very top most part between the pointy part and the hood.  Is this normal? I can fit my finger between the gap.  It's like the grill does not fit exactly right and not flush all the way around.
Thanks.


No gap.  Flush fit.

(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2419/2096330428_f41f21c7e7_o.jpg)
Title: Re: Grill Gap?
Post by: scoot on October 22, 2008, 12:30:46
quote:
Originally posted by Dash808

Do you folks have a gap above your grill?
I have one on the very top most part between the pointy part and the hood.  Is this normal? I can fit my finger between the gap.  It's like the grill does not fit exactly right and not flush all the way around.
Thanks.
Post a picture.  Either the car got hit or the grill was replaced with a reproduction grill that doesn't fit.  It should be snug all around.  (Not like mine is!)
Title: Re: Grill Gap?
Post by: Dash808 on October 23, 2008, 13:49:18
quote:

No gap.  Flush fit.


Thanks, I noticed your flushness as I was drooling through your gallery.

Mine hasn't been wreaked but I guess the grill did get tweaked a bit.  I wonder if there's any good way to straightned it out without making it worse...
Title: Re: Grill Gap?
Post by: Garry on October 23, 2008, 19:50:06
I had a similar problem when I removed my original grill and tried to fit a second one I had bought off Ebay.  It appeared to kink in the centre upper. I tried everything to get it to fit and I knew that the front had not been changed so it had to be the grill.

I found that it required very little change on the outer edges to make the kink lessen in the centre.  When fitting it I was using tape to avoid scratching the paint work and realised that if I put double or tripple tape on the outer edges the kink almost, almost disapeared. It became one of those things that your eye is drawn to when you know that there is a blemish on your car!!! Most would not have seen it but I always did.

Unfortunately, I was never satisfied with the final outcome and ended up getting my original grill repaired and re-chromed at more than the replacement grill and fitted it with out a problem.

I suggest you try the tape method before anything else.

Garry