Hood gaps

[BrewCityBOOST]

Hi All, First post here, hate that its starting off as a negative. Help me turn this into a positive result! I've attached a visual aid with my measurements.

I have some decent uneven gaps on the front hood line to the fascia. The pass side is 6.184mm, middle of the hood is 2.197mm, and driver side is 4.864mm. To me this amount of deviation is unacceptable, it should an even gap. However the dealer tells me this is still within the Ford spec of 4mm +/- 2.3mm. I've argued with the dealer and my regional case manager that this spec is incomplete and does not account for a parallel tolerance. The spec actually only showed one measuring reference point at the center of the hood.

How bad are others hoods and body gaps?

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[TrackpackGT]

Mine isn't good either as my boss pointed out. He's my service manager and I'm a service advisor at another brand dealer. That's one of the few things I really don't care about, and I consider myself pretty OCD about a lot. Now if I find a paint issue or bubbles or anything like that, I will have an issue. As long as panels aren't close to contacting one another when opened or closed, I'm fine. It is a first year production car, so I only have myself to blame for minor quality control issues. Everyone in the business has always said never buy a first year production, and I did it. The deal couldn't be passed up.

 

[jc1804]

every one I've seen is the same way, you can adjust though. drop the bumper stops RT & LFT, & loosen the latch. mine looks right now

 

[TrackpackGT]

I thought about adjusting those rubber bumpers. Thanks

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