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Old 05-23-2006, 03:37 PM
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I was jacking my car up this lunch time to tighten up my x pipe, dang thing keeps coming loose and after I set it back on the ground I noticed that the gap on the passenger side door between the front of the door and the front fender is noticeably bigger down near the bottom than it is up at the top. The other door is perfect all the way around. So then I looked at all the other gaps on the body and the gap between the hood and the top of the fender is noticeably larger on the driver side than passenger side. Is this typical on mustangs? MY car has never been in an accident, I bought it new. Would doing donuts and hard launches tweak the body at all or is it just like that from ford? Has anyone ever tried messsing with the alignemtn of the panels to get them to match better?
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Old 05-23-2006, 03:41 PM
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Old 05-23-2006, 03:46 PM
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I disagree. I dont think you need a picture to tell if your gap is larger at the bottom of your door than it is at the top.
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Old 05-23-2006, 03:48 PM
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it's a ford. if you expect things like quality in fit and finish, you bought the wrong car.
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Old 05-23-2006, 03:54 PM
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I disagree. I dont think you need a picture to tell if your gap is larger at the bottom of your door than it is at the top.
it would help us.. i cant visualze that, how big a gap, etc, is it like 1/2 in, 1/4 in etc? see my point?
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Old 05-23-2006, 03:56 PM
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just visualize a drunk union member asleep on the assembly line.
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Old 05-23-2006, 04:23 PM
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Maybe drive it for a day.. Possibly by having it jacked up it came out of alignment.. By driving it then it might settle back into place..
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