Hi guys,

 

I know I'm nuts lol.

 

Lining panels up on my motor, nearly happy with it. Last bit to do is the bonnet where it runs along the wings.

 

I have lined it up so wings are slightly higher then bonnet the whole distance both sides.

 

Before bonnet was lower then wings at the front by the headlights and higher then wings at the scuttle panel.

So if u looked at car from side u could see gap at the top tapering down to nothing around halfway down the bonnet.

 

Now I have wings higher can't see no gap the full length of bonnet wing from the side.

Which to me looks better.

 

Wondered if any of u guys know how it should be when new,

Bonnet higher then wings no gap seen from the side.

 

Or level with wings same gap all the way down.

 

Or bonnet high near scuttle panel low by headlights.

 

Just to make it bit clearer I hope lol I mean up and down, not left and right know there should be a gap there.

 

Sorry if don't understand what I mean it's hard to explain without pics and can't get none on the club without computer I'm on my phone.

 

And I know it sounds crazy I'm trying to get everything perfect before paint. And things like this bother me.

Most people problem wouldn't look.

Wish I didn't.

Edited October 4, 201213 yr by Terry

If not when new how are your bonnets.

 

Anyone want an excuse to post pics.

 

Looking at bonnet from side of car above wing the full length of bonnet pls pls pls lol..

The bonnet should follow the curves of the wings all the way from the top to the headlights. Like the pics below

 

 

 

I can't give much advice on getting it right though as the body shop did mine.

 

HTH

Cheers for the reply,

 

I have aligned it again tonight so there flush, had to bring the front of the bonnet by the headlights up with the rubbers underneath.

and the wings down a little at the back by the doors.

 

it seems to fit much better now level with the wings.

 

The problem was the bonnet was to low at the front and the wings were to low at the back. so the bonnet was on an angle higher then the wings at the back and lower then wings at the front. if that makes sense lol.

 

your car looks like it is the same height, the bonnet and the wings. so hard to see in a pic.

 

well wings are off now and gonna be painted so how they are is how there staying.

 

The reason i am being like this is i had it painted a while back and i was not happy with a couple of bits, so i tried to align the panels and chipped it up where the bolts are.

 

This time i want it how i know i wont bloody touch it,

 

Once its painted this time its going in the garage and being looked after, only coming out to be enjoyed.

 

i opened up a mobile mechanic company and my van broke and couldnt let customers down and the zed even became the work van why i repaired my van.

seats down and full of tools.

 

POOR POOR ZED.

 

Thanks again..

lol, no problem bud. Yeah, the wings and bonnet are the same height, sorry about the pics. I'm crap at taking them..

what colour you going for?

Its not your pics, they look good just cant see it properly in a pic looked at every zx on google images and cant see what im looking for lol.

 

Its gonna be painted Mercades artic white again, love the colour really white and clean looking. lost count how many times i painted it now think this is the 4th time in the last couple years.

These cars look modern and nice when there freshly painted but i find mine, to me starts to look older when it gets a bit scruffy.

 

all that really needed painting was front bumper i scuffed it up, The cambelt snapped in london and towed it back to kent on a rope.

had to use tow eye through the bumper it flexed bumer and made spider web marks and peeled off.

 

and i had chipped it aligning panels being heavy handed with a socket on an extension.

This is how it looked before i stripped it: