Bonnet gap!!

[MrRSB7]

Helloooo!


I am getting pee’d off with this gap below the centre of my bonnet, pretty sure that is not supposed to be like that, although half the rs4’s I see have it...... is there anyway to fix this without taking it to a body Shop??



Many thanks

[FrazerD]

I would say the gap on yours is fairly small. Mine is on the larger side and waiting until it goes to MRC before doing anything about it. There’s a screw type stop either side of the grill that the bumper sits on and it’s these that you need to adjust to reduce the gap.

Cheers

[Ian_C]

What on earth is going on with that plate?! You are definitely getting a full house on the illegal plate score card there!! Begging to have your butt shafted by a bored copper in a bad mood:

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[MrRSB7]

I haven’t seen a police car in our town since 2017, should be ok for a bit

[FrazerD]

I haven’t seen a police car in our town since 2017, should be ok for a bit

Regardless if you get stopped or not, what’s the crack with the spacing?

Cheers

[coffey555]

I think you need to slacken off the bolts holding the front bumper on first before turning the adjusters, otherwise they break.

[KernowPete]

I think you need to slacken off the bolts holding the front bumper on first before turning the adjusters, otherwise they break.

Yeah I'm sure there's a 'how to' on here somewhere. There is a certain amount of adjustment using the two adjusters but I found with mine I also had to slacken off the retaining fixtures for the whole bumper, some of which are in the wheel arches and a pita to get to. Even then I never managed to get it perfect, certainly no better than in the OPs photo!

[AlexB7RS4]

If you have a search you'll find a couple how tos. May also need to loosen off the headlights. It's a prick of a job, need a long handled torx for it as well.

Yours isn't that bad though. You might get it a little better but likely not a lot.


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[MrRSB7]

Maybe is just me,but I thought it looked pretty bad from these angles

[Kenny147]

I’ve had to take mine off a few times, so I’ve gotten quite good at getting it close but I still can’t get it down to the 5mm the manual says it should be. WTF?

It looks like you’re bumper can go up a few mm’s as there’s a gap below the headlights. You’ll need to loosen the 3 headlights screws on each side and all the bumper mounting points before you adjust the bumper. It’s a pain to get right on your own and much easier if you have some help.

Check your pm’s.