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Just got a new bonnet from ebay :shhh: ...and Frank can't get the damn thing to fit! :yikes:

Something is stopping it sitting correctly... basically at the front (above the headlights) it sits too high and this also means the striker isn't working properly. Now the bonnet was originally off a TF but I was quite confident the TF headlights are the same shape at the top as the F ones so why isn't it lowering all the way down? Please help!!!!!

Yves Adele Harlow;3591 wrote: wrote:

Just got a new bonnet from ebay :shhh: ...and Frank can't get the damn thing to fit! :yikes:

Something is stopping it sitting correctly... basically at the front (above the headlights) it sits too high and this also means the striker isn't working properly. Now the bonnet was originally off a TF but I was quite confident the TF headlights are the same shape at the top as the F ones so why isn't it lowering all the way down? Please help!!!!!

Could be anything. Hinges? Got any pics?

David Aiketgate;3592 wrote: wrote:

Could be anything. Hinges? Got any pics?

I have tried every combination of tightness and looseness to each bolt on the two hinges and nothing really seems to make a huge difference, the bonnet just sits about an inch too high above the headlights! :frown:

Anyone got a how to on how to fit a bonnet?

The Prometheus;3594 wrote: wrote:

I have tried every combination of tightness and looseness to each bolt on the two hinges and nothing really seems to make a huge difference, the bonnet just sits about an inch too high above the headlights! :frown:

Anyone got a how to on how to fit a bonnet?

:dunno:Take the spanner out of the side channel?

This is so pants! :frown: Neither of us understand why it's not working!

David Aiketgate;3598 wrote: wrote:

:dunno:Take the spanner out of the side channel?

If only it was were so simple!:frown:

Yves Adele Harlow;3599 wrote: wrote:

This is so pants! :frown: Neither of us understand why it's not working!

Assuming the bonnet is not buckled, the only adjustment is on the hinges, oh and the little rubber stops.

How is the bonnet sitting along the wing channels?

David Aiketgate;3602 wrote: wrote:

Assuming the bonnet is not buckled, the only adjustment is on the hinges, oh and the little rubber stops.

How is the bonnet sitting along the wing channels?

Removed the rubber stops and that didn't make a difference. :frown:

The bonnet is sitting fine along the wing channels until it gets towards the headlights then it just starts flaring up. :confused:

Yves Adele Harlow;3603 wrote: wrote:

Removed the rubber stops and that didn't make a difference. :frown:

The bonnet is sitting fine along the wing channels until it gets towards the headlights then it just starts flaring up. :confused:

Then I have to ask, and I don't know the answer - Is the TF bonnet exactly the same as an F bonnet?:confused:

Yves Adele Harlow;3603 wrote: wrote:

Removed the rubber stops and that didn't make a difference. :frown:

The bonnet is sitting fine along the wing channels until it gets towards the headlights then it just starts flaring up. :confused:

I hate to say it but it sounds buckled! Only other thing it might be is the striker spring... undo the lock nut under the spring and screw it inwards.....

David Aiketgate;3604 wrote: wrote:

Then I have to ask, and I don't know the answer - Is the TF bonnet exactly the same as an F bonnet?:confused:

Almost certain its the same.

AdamElphick;3605 wrote: wrote:

I hate to say it but it sounds buckled! Only other thing it might be is the striker spring... undo the lock nut under the spring and screw it inwards.....

Well Frank removed the striker spring/unit all together and it did make it sit a teeny bit lower but still not flush with the wings. Ok I hate to ast this but if it's buckled what can be done? :frown:

The trouble is the pic of it on the ebay listing showed it fitting completely fine so not sure why it's not fitting the same on Slave!