Hey guys. I have a couple questions regarding some body panel issues.
1) How does one align a hood? The passenger side of my *new to me* hood sits up a little high. When the latch assembly is NOT on (the front folding thing, sorry of that is the wrong term) it sits flat. When the latch is on, it doesn't. Could my latch be damaged?
2) Are there different fenders for an 84 to 86? I bought a fender from a 84 318i coupe, and I have an 86 325e coupe. They mostly looked the same, until I got it painted and tried putting my grill on. There is a ~3/4" gap between the grill and the fender. RealOEM shows the same fender PN for an 84, 86, and 91 coupe. Same with the grill, its all the same PN. So maybe this fender was 'modified' in the past? Maybe that explains the hood not sitting flush either? But then why does the hood sit flush when the latch isn't present?
3) Nose panel. #7 http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...34&hg=41&fg=10 Mine was every so slightly tweaked, so I bought the one from the 84. The one on the 84 looks exactly like that diagram. My 86, and my friends 91 coupe, both have a single piece that is a combination of the 7 & 8. What's up with that? Thankfully mine bent back without any visible issues, but WTF?
Thanks for any input!
1) How does one align a hood? The passenger side of my *new to me* hood sits up a little high. When the latch assembly is NOT on (the front folding thing, sorry of that is the wrong term) it sits flat. When the latch is on, it doesn't. Could my latch be damaged?
2) Are there different fenders for an 84 to 86? I bought a fender from a 84 318i coupe, and I have an 86 325e coupe. They mostly looked the same, until I got it painted and tried putting my grill on. There is a ~3/4" gap between the grill and the fender. RealOEM shows the same fender PN for an 84, 86, and 91 coupe. Same with the grill, its all the same PN. So maybe this fender was 'modified' in the past? Maybe that explains the hood not sitting flush either? But then why does the hood sit flush when the latch isn't present?
3) Nose panel. #7 http://www.realoem.com/bmw/showparts...34&hg=41&fg=10 Mine was every so slightly tweaked, so I bought the one from the 84. The one on the 84 looks exactly like that diagram. My 86, and my friends 91 coupe, both have a single piece that is a combination of the 7 & 8. What's up with that? Thankfully mine bent back without any visible issues, but WTF?
Thanks for any input!
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