Build Week 3/16/15

[unintelligible]

you work at a dealer ?

No, although given how much work I do on my own to track and find out the status of my $40k purchase vs. what updates my salesman chooses to provide on his own (which would be not one single update since handing over the deposit check), I might as well. :tsk:

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[Choking_Victim]

No, although given how much work I do on my own to track and find out the status of my $40k purchase vs. what updates my salesman chooses to provide on his own (which would be not one single update since handing over the deposit check), I might as well. :tsk:

Page right outta my book...

 

[guyd]

Host the pictures somewhere like photo bucket or the like, often times your ISP will give your web space to host that type of shit. Then use the picture icon in the post menu and provide the location of the photo. Stoked to hear about the alignment etc on Job 2 cars. I got 10 days left as well.

I found one small alignment issue with the hood. The gap in the driver side is slightly less than the gap in the passenger side at the front most part of the hood. Again, if your not closely looking for it, you won't see it.

 

[Choking_Victim]

I found one small alignment issue with the hood. The gap in the driver side is slightly less than the gap in the passenger side at the front most part of the hood. Again, if your not closely looking for it, you won't see it.

Are the hood bumpers adjusted properly? That may fix your issue.

 

[guyd]

Are the hood bumpers adjusted properly? That may fix your issue.

I'll take a look and see if that does anything for what I'm seeing

 

[tsunami]

EDD changes weekly...

You guys are lucky. My EDD was changed, longer, for the eighth time! I was one of the 4,000 on hold. Finally was told that it was in transit and that it would arrive on 4/1, one week to go and it changed to 4/4, then one week to go it changed to 4/5. Maybe there will be a nice 2016 in the showroom by the time my 2015 finally arrives.

 

[Choking_Victim]

I'll take a look and see if that does anything for what I'm seeing

careful to not adjust them too far out. where is it off at ?

 

[Strokerswild]

You guys are lucky. My EDD was changed, longer, for the eighth time! I was one of the 4,000 on hold. Finally was told that it was in transit and that it would arrive on 4/1, one week to go and it changed to 4/4, then one week to go it changed to 4/5. Maybe there will be a nice 2016 in the showroom by the time my 2015 finally arrives.

Mine has changed almost daily the past few days.

First it was 3/22, then 3/24, then 4/5. Yesterday it was backed up to 4/3. Now today it's 4/4.

I'll be amazed if it's here next week. The wait better be worth it...

 

[KeiRodez]

So I found out why mine moved backwards from "In Transit" back into "Awaiting Shipment." Reason was the Canadian (even though it's coming to PA) national railway got delayed... Mechanical failure of the rail car it was in lol... It's moving again lol so that's good news. EDD updated to 04/10/2015.

P.S. Congrats on the delivery guyd! Hope you get those little issues worked out.

 

[guyd]

Are the hood bumpers adjusted properly? That may fix your issue.

The stock hood bumpers don't appear to be adjustable. Any other suggestions?

 

[dwalker]

The stock hood bumpers don't appear to be adjustable. Any other suggestions?

They are adjustable, just get a firm grip and twist them clockwise to lower them or counter-clockwise to raise them (just like a screw or bolt).

 

[guyd]

careful to not adjust them too far out. where is it off at ?

The last 12 inches or so of the hood (by the front nose of the car) I can see the gap between the hood and fender is narrower on the drivers side than the passenger side. It's not hugely noticeable, but it's not symmetrical for sure.

Does anyone know if I can wax my new pony now fresh from the factory, or is there a cure time that I should wait for?

 

[Tamadrummer88]

The last 12 inches or so of the hood (by the front nose of the car) I can see the gap between the hood and fender is narrower on the drivers side than the passenger side. It's not hugely noticeable, but it's not symmetrical for sure.

Does anyone know if I can wax my new pony now fresh from the factory, or is there a cure time that I should wait for?

Paint is cured at the factory through a baking process. You can wax anytime you want.


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[guyd]

The last 12 inches or so of the hood (by the front nose of the car) I can see the gap between the hood and fender is narrower on the drivers side than the passenger side. It's not hugely noticeable, but it's not symmetrical for sure.

After thinking about this for a while, I'm wondering if this has to do with the installation of the fender rather than the hood. By the geometry, I think the front most part of the drivers side fender (by the headlight) might be the root cause of the gap symmetry being slightly off where I described

And as for the rear fastback glass, perhaps the upper drivers side corner has less adhesive applied than the rest of the glass, so it slightly sits lower than the upper passenger corner. Pure speculation on my part, but I can't think of a reason why else that could happen.

So those are the only two things I've seen on my build that are not perfect. Overall, I'm satisfied with it. It's not Ferrari perfect, but it's good.

 

[dwalker]

Still in transit this morning with an EDD of 4/5.........:kickrock:

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