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Old 05-07-2008, 04:25 PM   #263 (permalink)
lomtevas
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Vehicle: 1986 190E 2.3-16, 1992 190E 2.3 and 2007 GL450
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2.3-16 Trunk Alignment

The trunk lines are chaos. The hinge points and spacer posts do not appear to properly align the trunk lines.

The idea is to have continuous lines that run along the body properly converge at the rear area. There can be no excess gaps or "lower" or "higher" areas of body metal. The trunk lid to quarter panel gaps vary visibly and will be corrected. The badge area of the trunk lid has edges that do not run along continuous lines from the rear glass to the tail lights. That has to be fixed.

So the day was spent loosening and tightening bolts and adjusting spacers, and computing how much if any metal to add to or take away from the trunk. A grinder flattened out a little elevation along the port rear of the trunk lid.

Tomorrow will tell what the final adjustments are.
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