Can you see what its resting on? What is actually stopping it fit? Does the bonnet need to move back or forward or the hinge end need to be lifted or dropped?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!
Can you see what its resting on? What is actually stopping it fit? Does the bonnet need to move back or forward or the hinge end need to be lifted or dropped?
TBH no I can't! Its a custom bonnet so I have no idea if the previous owner made any mods to under the bonnet to make it fit, I have emailed the seller to ask but if anything is holding it up it would be something to do with the headlights because thats where the problem is I tried moving the bonnet up, down, left, right and everything on the hinges to try and make it fit and the best I got was it sitting slightly better (as in a half inch gap instead of an inch )
Heres a link to the auction, as you can see it fits fine:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=350276621530&ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT
I am confused
Ahhh! Could the vent be sitting on the spare wheel or the slam panel?
Well, sorry but that's me out of ideas.Had exactly the same thought (well Kara did!) and we took the spare wheel out to no effect :frown: and it is a little too far back for the slam panel.
The weird thing is, is that it fits almost perfectly on the front bumper line, its just above the headlights where the problem occurs :confused:
Well, sorry but that's me out of ideas.
BTW, do you want a profile pic?
I had a read through the thread again and had a look at the ebay link, just some random suggestions -
My MGF has a larger ABS unit than the TF - could the custom vent be touching your ABS unit (assuming you have ABS) or touching a horn (2 on the F, generally 1 on the TF) or touching the fuse box and stuff on the passenger wing, or touching the battery.
Try placing the bonnet on the car without attaching to the hinges and with the striker removed - see how it fits, or whats causing the problem..........pity you are so far away:(
I had a read through the thread again and had a look at the ebay link, just some random suggestions -
My MGF has a larger ABS unit than the TF - could the custom vent be touching your ABS unit (assuming you have ABS) or touching a horn (2 on the F, generally 1 on the TF) or touching the fuse box and stuff on the passenger wing, or touching the battery.
Try placing the bonnet on the car without attaching to the hinges and with the striker removed - see how it fits, or whats causing the problem..........pity you are so far away:(