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Old 10-19-2009, 11:14 AM
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Default Height difference b/w hood and front bumper?
On your Turbo, what if any height difference can you see or measure between the leading edge of the lid and the top of the front bumper?
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Old 10-20-2009, 11:03 AM
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Lid about about 3-4 mm lower in center.
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Old 10-21-2009, 01:03 AM
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BTW, its normal, rumor is that its an aerodynamic aid to keep the hood from flying open.
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Old 10-21-2009, 01:13 AM
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BTW, its normal, rumor is that its an aerodynamic aid to keep the hood from flying open.


I'm having trouble seeing how that would work.
If the latch fails (difficult to do), then the 3mm offset would be negated as soon as the first bump was encountered.

Ask someone from the track what happens when they forget to install hood pins.
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Old 10-22-2009, 07:39 PM
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I thought it was from scraping that front lip all over the city.
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Old 10-23-2009, 03:21 PM
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I thought it was just failure to properly blend the curves in the design. BWTHDIK.
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Old 10-24-2009, 01:45 AM
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glad i'm not the only one who has this i thought maybe a a prior unreported hit in the front
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