Fit and Finish is Nice - Alignment of Head Light, Hood Edge

Taken on the pilot production V6 Competition Orange fastback at the 2014 Mustang Memories show in Dearborn, MI...

If that's the same car, then there's a bit of a difference in hood to fender gap from left to right...

That and some of the cars appear to have more of that black insulation visible at the nose of the hood

EXP Jawa said:

If that's the same car, then there's a bit of a difference in hood to fender gap from left to right...

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I think it was my camera angle...in person, it looked the same on both sides. Darn amateur photographers!

The passenger side has a hell of a gap while the driver side appears to be correct. Trying to adjust this gap will be a real nightmare to accomplish. Just wondering if this is a prototype that slipped through Q/C.

Tony Alonso said:

I think it was my camera angle...in person, it looked the same on both sides. Darn amateur photographers!

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I've looked at a lot of cars with mismatched or misaligned body panels, I really doubt that your camera is inducing the effect here. Your angle relative to the gap is pretty much mirrored side to side. One side appears to have a gap that's 50% wider than I'd expect (you can practically fly an X-Wing fighter down it), the other should be 50% wider.

Tony Alonso said:

I think it was my camera angle...in person, it looked the same on both sides. Darn amateur photographers!

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THIS is precisely why people need to quit critiquing the fit and finish based on photos. Pictures can be very deceiving.

EDIT: that being said, the gap does look substantially bigger on one side, and admittedly it is pretty hard to imagine that it could be completely attributable to the camera angle in this case.

Thanks for posting the pictures as always!!

Pre-production car...enough said

EXP Jawa said:

(you can practically fly an X-Wing fighter down it)

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Heh...

scottpe said:

THIS is precisely why people need to quit critiquing the fit and finish based on photos. Pictures can be very deceiving.

EDIT: that being said, the gap does look substantially bigger on one side, and admittedly it is pretty hard to imagine that it could be completely attributable to the camera angle in this case.

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It probably is camera angle. Tony said it looked the same in person. That's a large difference to mistake.

docprego said:

It probably is camera angle. Tony said it looked the same in person. That's a large difference to mistake.

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Guaranteed it's the angle or my eyes are really bad! :headbonk:

Sorry I trust pictures far more than an opinion, unless he took measurements. And the angle is about the same, and for those saying pre-production...yes it is but with as many that have alignment issues, it is something to worry about.

The point on the fender even goes passed the hood more on the passenger side. The hood just looks more sucked in on the passenger side while the driver side looks just about perfect.

Edit: also if you look at the gap on the outboard side of the headlight and fender, both sides the gap appears to be the same in both pictures

DivineStrike said:

Sorry I trust pictures far more than an opinion, unless he took measurements. And the angle is about the same, and for those saying pre-production...yes it is but with as many that have alignment issues, it is something to worry about.

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Not be argumentative, but again, I took the photos because what I saw in person looked good on both sides visually. That said, if this proves to be problematic in production, then I have no doubts there will be a service bulletin if enough people report a problem with it.

Next time, I'll take the tape measure

Tony Alonso said:

I think it was my camera angle...in person, it looked the same on both sides. Darn amateur photographers!

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Looking at the two pics, the angles are almost identical.

Tony Alonso said:

Next time, I'll take the tape measure

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Dammit Tony what's wrong with you!!! ;)

Tony Alonso said:

Not be argumentative, but again, I took the photos because what I saw in person looked good on both sides visually. That said, if this proves to be problematic in production, then I have no doubts there will be a service bulletin if enough people report a problem with it.

Next time, I'll take the tape measure

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a digital feeler gauge or dial caliper would be better lol and sorry I meant no offense to you.