I recently had to have my front bumper repainted due to several scratches.

The paint job looks great, but the bumper is not aligned properly on the front of the car! There are gaps in a few places (to the left and below the Acura symbol, below each headlight, and in a few other places). The bumper is definitely not installed the same way that it was before they took it off to paint it.

I complained to the dealer and they tried remounting it a few times, but said that was the best they could do. Here are some pictures of the front of the car:

http://icdweb.cc.purdue.edu/~ernest/Image01.jpg
http://icdweb.cc.purdue.edu/~ernest/Image02.jpg
http://icdweb.cc.purdue.edu/~ernest/Image03.jpg
http://icdweb.cc.purdue.edu/~ernest/Image04.jpg
http://icdweb.cc.purdue.edu/~ernest/Image05.jpg
http://icdweb.cc.purdue.edu/~ernest/Image06.jpg

Has anybody experienced this before? I want to find out if there are any tricks to mounting it properly, so I can take the car back in and tell the dealer what they need to do.

Thanks to anyone who can help me out!

Ernest Stalnaker
Lafayette, Indiana

 

Although I can see what you are talking about, it is subtle (at least from the photos).

I know that my CL-S also has a small gap (stock) between the bumper top and the hood/grill/lights.

You can adjust the way you hood sits by adjusting the rubber covered screws the the hood sits on. The ones on the sides near the light housing are adjustable. That may change the hood/grill gap, but I doubt it would fix the off centered V front.