GaryREM
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Wow! Very surprising. I assume you fit the T front support and there was no issue matching the edge of the hood. Any pictures?
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Aside from the painting , do you consider this a DIY weekend project of say medium difficulty? Once the painting is done, how many hours should one budget? Also, my 2013 S is pre-parking sensor, so I was thinking if I do this I might try to fit in the parking sensors holes an after market parking sensor kit such as this one;
4 Parking Sensor Reversing Radar Kit Wireless Reverse LED Display Buzzer Alarm | eBay
Will that work? Thanks.
Quick & dirty photoshop:
the gap might be trimmable, but the hood remains a bit "short"
"under bite" comes to mind
PSwork.jpg
opinions?
That´s not "assumptions".
It´s sheer proportions and the ability to abstract.
Either we have a too big hole, or flattened out an "under bite".
But anyway kudos in trying and pioneering!
here You can see that the new hood is quite a bit lower, almost concave shaped, letting the side lines pro true even more aggressive and defined, while the front border seems ~almost one inch longer protruded. Windchannel shaved IMHO
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My eyesight may be bad but I see almost nothing of that kind.
Definitive way to find out is confirm the part numbers and see if they are the same or different.
I'm quite the certain the hoods are indeed different. It is very subtle but noticeable, at least to me. The facelift hood is much flatter in the center section at the front and front edge is essentially horizontal over the emblem. On the original hood, the front is a continuous curve from edge to edge.
Could be an indicator, but in context a new PN could also be a false positive. Especially given that the classic hood has a creasing problem, a new PN for the facelift hood could be the result of solving that problem--without any other FFF changes.
Flatter vs curvier leading edge could also be an illusion; a straightedge and a little KISS would get right to the bottom of it...
If the new hood replaces the old one, it should note that somewhere in the parts listing "REPLACES PN #********" etc. I love the ingenuity for giving it a try.