davekro
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I spent a long time this morning checking it out the new convertible. I waited three hours for the body shop (they use one right across the street) to improve the gap between the hood and the left fender. It had a sizable gab. The hood was higher than the fender in the middle of the hood, a little bit lower towards the back of the hood closer to the windshield. The front of the hood was very close, almost touching the fender on that side. They actually moved the fender out from the hood and moved the hood back slightly (I could see this at the hood hinge bolts). The body shop guy I talked to before he worked on it said it looked like the hood was incorrect and I agreed that it was probably a mis-stamp of the hood. I said, better they try to bend it down into shape than me 
It turned out much better than it was, not perfect, but I think livable but I viewed it in the shade after the fix. I’ll see it in the sun better tomorrow, but I’m thinking it is ok. All the other panels were pretty darn good. Both doors were just a hair low, but I would have not noticed it, if I had not known to look for these things. The doors closed very well and softly, and the trunk as well. The hood closes with quite a clunk. It needs to be dropped at 11” or above, which sounds about right. Boy, that hood is heavy! I will definitely be getting some hydraulic hood struts. Everything was very good, some positive surprises and a couple of head scratchings “huh’s” (like the standard carpeted floor maps cover the flat part of the floor but don’t go up under the pedals). I thought screw that, I’ll just put the all-weather mat in there, but it’s the exact same size. Geez! That’s all for now, I’ll report more later in the other threads.
Cueball, Mark and Drew, I hope your cars are perfect and everybody’s happy
Tomorrow is super wash, clay bar, seal, wax... tired boy at end of day. ;o)
But it will be fun playing with my new Foam cannon and the rest of the $250 worth of soaps, MF 'rags' wax sealant Etc. Etc. It will be Christmas tomorrow morning opening all the Amazon boxes!
UPDATE: This morning Cotus now shows Delivered 3/17, which is accurate from what the dealer told me.
It turned out much better than it was, not perfect, but I think livable but I viewed it in the shade after the fix. I’ll see it in the sun better tomorrow, but I’m thinking it is ok. All the other panels were pretty darn good. Both doors were just a hair low, but I would have not noticed it, if I had not known to look for these things. The doors closed very well and softly, and the trunk as well. The hood closes with quite a clunk. It needs to be dropped at 11” or above, which sounds about right. Boy, that hood is heavy! I will definitely be getting some hydraulic hood struts. Everything was very good, some positive surprises and a couple of head scratchings “huh’s” (like the standard carpeted floor maps cover the flat part of the floor but don’t go up under the pedals). I thought screw that, I’ll just put the all-weather mat in there, but it’s the exact same size. Geez! That’s all for now, I’ll report more later in the other threads.Cueball, Mark and Drew, I hope your cars are perfect and everybody’s happy
Tomorrow is super wash, clay bar, seal, wax... tired boy at end of day. ;o)
But it will be fun playing with my new Foam cannon and the rest of the $250 worth of soaps, MF 'rags' wax sealant Etc. Etc. It will be Christmas tomorrow morning opening all the Amazon boxes!
UPDATE: This morning Cotus now shows Delivered 3/17, which is accurate from what the dealer told me.
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