M3 Hood Alignment Photo Request

knifegun · 07-07-2008, 11:53 AM

Can people with E90 M3s post photos of the front of your car? I want to see the alignment of the hood with the bumper. I have a big gap between the hood and the bumper. After closer inspection, it looks as if the bumper is actually too low and unaligned with the rest of the car.

Notice around the inside of the headlight. It looks like the bumper should be a bit higher and over to the right.

knifegun · 07-07-2008, 07:05 PM

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knifegun · 07-07-2008, 10:33 PM

damn...Monday is either slow or everyone's hood alignment is perfect.

Ross08E93M3 · 07-07-2008, 10:57 PM

I have noticed the hood alignment doesn't seem perfect on my e93 M3...will take pictures after I return from my business trip at the end of the week.

knifegun · 07-07-2008, 11:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Ross08E93M3

I have noticed the hood alignment doesn't seem perfect on my e93 M3...will take pictures after I return from my business trip at the end of the week.

Thank you!

swamp2 · 07-07-2008, 11:32 PM

Other posts on this topic with pics are on the forum. Search the forum using google rather than the (useless) built in search. Just add "site:m3post.com" (no quotes) to your search.

Z4dave · 07-07-2008, 11:34 PM

I think there all like this

knifegun · 07-07-2008, 11:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Z4dave

I think there all like this

Yes. Yours is like the others I saw at the dealer that had gaps but it was still relatively minor and it did not look like the hood was open. Yours looks good to me

badfish · 07-07-2008, 11:53 PM

no disrespect meant but your clearbra installer isn't very skilled.

nusevad · 07-08-2008, 12:02 AM

Theres a big gap at the bottom of your headlight Knifegun, it looks like your front bumper wasnt aligned correctly to me.

MDCTFTW · 07-08-2008, 12:17 AM

Knife, yours looks particularly bad. Mine is a E92, but should be the same front end ...

knifegun · 07-08-2008, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by FifthStreetz

Theres a big gap at the bottom of your headlight Knifegun, it looks like your front bumper wasnt aligned correctly to me.

Yes, that is exactly what I pointed out to the tech. The bumper seems as if it is sitting "too low".

knifegun · 07-08-2008, 07:22 AM

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Originally Posted by MDCTFTW

Knife, yours looks particularly bad. Mine is a E92, but should be the same front end ...

Thanks for the photos. I think yours definitely looks 100% better. Mine looks like the hood was left open.

knifegun · 07-08-2008, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by badfish

no disrespect meant but your clearbra installer isn't very skilled.

No offense taken. I did not do it

To be fair to the installer, the white you are seeing is wax. I have not had a chance to remove the wax from the edges.

knifegun · 07-08-2008, 07:23 AM

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Originally Posted by swamp2

Other posts on this topic with pics are on the forum. Search the forum using google rather than the (useless) built in search. Just add "site:m3post.com" (no quotes) to your search.

Thanks for the advice. I'll give it a try. Cheers.

badfish · 07-08-2008, 07:28 AM

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Originally Posted by knifegun

No offense taken. I did not do it

To be fair to the installer, the white you are seeing is wax. I have not had a chance to remove the wax from the edges.

Yeah, the problem is where he made the cuts. The better clearbra guys wrap around the edges. You see where they made the cut for the curve near the headlight and the washer, these guys don't make those kind of cuts anymore, they stretch and make it invisible. I've tried doing it myself and it's hard as hell so I can appreciate it when I see the jobs that places like Premier do. Sorry to take it off topic

knifegun · 07-08-2008, 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by FifthStreetz

Theres a big gap at the bottom of your headlight Knifegun, it looks like your front bumper wasnt aligned correctly to me.

Yep. I think you head on the nail. That is the same conclusion I came to because the hood is perfectly lined up with the fenders.

knifegun · 07-08-2008, 07:45 AM

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Originally Posted by badfish

Yeah, the problem is where he made the cuts. The better clearbra guys wrap around the edges. You see where they made the cut for the curve near the headlight and the washer, these guys don't make those kind of cuts anymore, they stretch and make it invisible. I've tried doing it myself and it's hard as hell so I can appreciate it when I see the jobs that places like Premier do. Sorry to take it off topic

I went the cheap route with the premade templates which is probably why it looks so cheap

I figured it will still protect the car and does not look so obvious when I have cleaned the edges. The car is dirty right now from some hill driving.

badfish · 07-08-2008, 07:48 AM

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Originally Posted by knifegun

I went the cheap route with the premade templates which is probably why it looks so cheap

I figured it will still protect the car and does not look so obvious when I have cleaned the edges. The car is dirty right now from some hill driving.

I did the clear bra on one of my cars and one side was the experiment and learn side and it looks awful. After I learned how to stretch, I did the other side and it looks great. I haven't taken the film off the bad side yet because it still works even though it looks awful.

So I know the feeling...

knifegun · 07-08-2008, 08:20 AM

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Originally Posted by badfish

I did the clear bra on one of my cars and one side was the experiment and learn side and it looks awful. After I learned how to stretch, I did the other side and it looks great. I haven't taken the film off the bad side yet because it still works even though it looks awful.

So I know the feeling...

Ha

The funny thing is that this work was done by "professionals". I actually had to have them do it twice. It was 1/4 the cost of a custom job but still I paid for it. Good on ya for at least doing it yourself even if half of it is not as good as the other.

MDCTFTW · 07-09-2008, 11:57 AM

Here's Motorsports which is an E90. His looks more aligned than yours:

http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=152838

IWC Doppel · 07-09-2008, 01:30 PM

My front is not perfect but a lot better than yours take it back and complain !

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MDCTFTW Lieutenant Colonel 123 Rep 1,973 Posts Drives: E92 DCT Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Norcal iTrader: (0)	Here's Motorsports which is an E90. His looks more aligned than yours: http://www.m3post.com/forums/showthread.php?t=152838 __________________ MDCT ... so you can drive and eat a hamburger at the same time.
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