Went to fit up my front end today and nothing fits properly
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As title I went to fit everything up today but nothing seems to fit as it should :(

Are those all original front panels?

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It's a carbon Kevlar front

Theres your problem. Did u not mock fit it all?

13.95 1/4 mile on a 2.95 fd. Carnt be that hard to beat!

Have to agree i have not seen many composite front ends that have nice panel lines and gaps.

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I had the shell restored and the front done buy a specialist so I never fitted any off it just the grille lights etc

is the bonnet Kevlar as well?

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to be fair fitting heritage panels to a straight shell still requires a fair bit of persuasion to get them to fit right. so aftermarket/ fibreglass type front ends I would imagine would be worse. anything can be made to fit. with time and more importantly patience. though a mock up pre paint probably would have been the best way to go

Yes the whole front is kevlar

It was all done at a body shop not by me before they painted it

If they didnt have the lights ect they wouldnt have known it had gaps. Most fg, cf ect has poor fitmant but all can be made to fit better

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Will try again another day just hope I don't damage the paint in the process

did they not think to paint the whole bonnet?

Bonnet was painted but had to go back to arc angels to be reinforced as the front of the bonnet had the lip cut off it to look mk1 style. They delivered the wrong bonnet. In doing so the scratch the bonnet and ruined the paint

What happened to the slam pannel?

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Paul it is sat back about 1.3/4 inches from the front of the bonnet if that's what your referring to.

Or the scratch was me today losing my temper with it

Fiberglass/carbon panels are for go not show !!
Maybe with a bit of tweeking it might fit better but don't hold your breath.

As dan has said steel panels cant be a swine at times but atleast you can bend and bash those, you carnt carbon

rick

Always build the car up before painting that way nothing is missed. Saves lots of heartache. Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but I had the same issue 9and ended up getting rid of the fibre bonnet and getting steel so I could cut and weld it to shape. The o ly way I could get a good fit with a fibre front.

my bonnet didnt fit at all, have a pic around somewhere, i had to raise it at the back on the bonnet pins and it over lapped the scuttle pannel a good 2cm, i was fucked if i was cutting that off

Thanks for the replies I knew I should have just done a steel front. Wouldn't mind so much if I had fitted it but paid a small fortune to get it done

with any job on the car if you start to get pissed off or frustrated wth it walk away and do something else for an hour. otherwise things will get broken!

maybe the bonnet fitted prior to having the return lip added at a later date?

But like others have said, GRP or CRP panels are far from a great fit. The bumper gaps look about right though even on a steel front

This is the reason I opted to weld on my front end as opposed to having a removable steel front; it is hard getting all the gaps right at the best of times.