i got my car back finally! and ill admit, it looks alot better than the other day i looked at it. has a couple scratches ive never seen before but thats the least of my worries right now.

im kinda worried about how the hood and the bumper batch up. i know cobalts have always been plagued with bumpers that dont line up with the headlights and stuff there are some small gaps, but i dont remember the hood not lining up this badly with the bumper...





the hood is completely closed too

 

im not completly sure that that is normal.... looks a lil off

 

that looks excessive. i had big gaps between the hood and front bumper (before and after front bumper replacement) but never had the hood stick out that far in front of the leading edge of the bumper. how does the hood match the curvature of the fender? is it a possibility that something is still shifted somewhere and they bolted it together farther forward to try to match the fenders better? i know my right side of the hood has never exactly matched the fender, esp on the left side.

 

yea, they fucked it up. shouldn't look anything like that.

 

That's definitely not right, it should be almost flush. I ran out and looked at mine and there's a tiny lil gap but nothing like yours. I'd take it back IMO.

On another note, I'm not happy with my bumper/headlight positioning either. My passenger-side headlight has like a 1/2" gap between it and the bumper. You can see the housing when you stand off to one side of the car.. I hate it. I've argued with Chevy and they said they can't adjust it anymore, I think that's BS though.

 

just shave it down lmao sike no that a big gap

 

I think that after an accident nothing is going to be perfect again.

 

That is an oxymoron my friend. No car is perfect from the factory. They all have little flaws here and there. I've driven many of my customers to local dealerships so they can compare my work to factory and they are usually surprised at what they see. ON another note, the gap from your hood to your bumper is off the mark. The bumper not aligning well with your headlamps is normal.

 

Yeah, it looks to me like the hood is too far forward. Can't the hinges be adjusted to pull it back more? How does it line up in the back?

 

The front bumper is supposed to stick out paast the hood.

 

Thats not right, I would take it back!

 

Hey people, I'm not the type to do this, but please stop talking about things you don't know for sure.

Go out to your car right now and look at the exact thing he has pictured. You will find it is normal. Stop bandwagoning and making this poor guy feel like something is wrong.

You can adjust the height difference on the left and right using the screw style bumpers on each side.

 

Let me also say that I checked my car as well, and mine sticks out like that as well. Probably just as much as whats pictured. I would just make sure the gap is even between both sides.

 

i have the same problem

 

the gap isnt even on both sides. it sticks out a little further on the drivers side.

is this easy to adjust urself? or should i just make them re do it...after all i shouldnt have to just accept it if its wrong.

could someone else maybe post a pic so i could compare?

 

Yeah its just bolts i believe that hold it in a certain place you can adjust it with those

 

Not even a bolt. It's just a rubber bumper that is height adjustable by turning it in and out. Very simple. Just go look at your car and you will see them clear as day.

 

dere shouldnt be a gap there

 

It's a difference in the gap alright... but it's nothing that you can't fix yourself if you go out there and tweak with it a little bit.

 

Like its been said, should be able to turn in the black plastic screw deal and it will lower the hood. Also, there should be 4 bolts (2 on each side) that hold the hood in its place, you can loosten them up and readjust it too.

 

oh sweet then im not gonna let the dealer **** it up anymore lol ill try it myself once the 40 days of rain stop here