I'm more of a mechanical person than a body person so I need some advice. 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix
I hit a deer awhile ago and it messed up the hood, front bumper and left fender and the support behind the bumper that the headlights fasten into. I don't know what other parts (if any) they may have replaced behind the bumper cover, but it was all done at a body shop through insurance.
I put my stock headlights in when I left it for the work so the insurance wouldn't ask questions or the shop have to mess with the lights, but when I swapped my retrofits back in when I got the car back, the right side light was aimed waaay low. Left side was right on the mark, and the adjustments are in the light assembly, not the car... so there's no way the shop tried to re aim the lights.
The right side has a huge gap between the bottom of the light assembly and the bumper where it would rest, so it droops down. I had to stack up some double sided tape to act as a booster for it to keep it aimed up right.
So that got me thinking something in the body work isn't lined up right. There's also a big gap between the hood and fender on the right side, that you can look in and see part of the hood strut. The left side is nice and tight.
I'd bring it back to the shop but this was over a year ago they did the work, they'd probably tell me to eff off now. I'm gunna take the bumper cover off, but I was hoping maybe someone could point me in a direction to look at.
It seems like it's something lined up wrong between the fender/bumper/hood/support behind the bumper. I don't know enough about body to know how these parts align together and affect one another.
I hit a deer awhile ago and it messed up the hood, front bumper and left fender and the support behind the bumper that the headlights fasten into. I don't know what other parts (if any) they may have replaced behind the bumper cover, but it was all done at a body shop through insurance.
I put my stock headlights in when I left it for the work so the insurance wouldn't ask questions or the shop have to mess with the lights, but when I swapped my retrofits back in when I got the car back, the right side light was aimed waaay low. Left side was right on the mark, and the adjustments are in the light assembly, not the car... so there's no way the shop tried to re aim the lights.
The right side has a huge gap between the bottom of the light assembly and the bumper where it would rest, so it droops down. I had to stack up some double sided tape to act as a booster for it to keep it aimed up right.
So that got me thinking something in the body work isn't lined up right. There's also a big gap between the hood and fender on the right side, that you can look in and see part of the hood strut. The left side is nice and tight.
I'd bring it back to the shop but this was over a year ago they did the work, they'd probably tell me to eff off now. I'm gunna take the bumper cover off, but I was hoping maybe someone could point me in a direction to look at.
It seems like it's something lined up wrong between the fender/bumper/hood/support behind the bumper. I don't know enough about body to know how these parts align together and affect one another.
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