smokeyjoe03 said:

:bang:

It finally came, after ordering it on the 16th March, DHL losing it, FK not being able to find my order to resend it and arguing with a German bloke over the phone, it finally arrived this morning.

But it doesn't fit

The bonnet catch (the metal rod in the middle).................

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.....................doesn't allow the grille to sit in the recess, it won't fit in the grooves in the back (if you look carefully you can see a scratch in the middle where the bonet catch is rubbing the back of it).........................

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.......................Which means the closest I can get the grille to sit flush is this.....................

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So how do I get the grille to fit? I can't cut a recess in the back of the grille to accomodate the bonnet catch, but I can't move that end of the bonnet catch as its welded in place.......how do these things EVER fit in?

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OPotts said:

im guessing you have got a mk2 because i have a mk2b and it fits fine... which one did you order??? the punto (188) or punto (176)... don't know if that has anything to do with it but i got the 188... also it says its only 2003 onwards... what year is yours??

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smokeyjoe03 said:

As I said, my problem is how do I move the bonnet catch out of the way to allow the grille to fit flush? Judging by the welding I would say it was previously broken and is not now in its origional place.

Has anyone got any ideas on how this can be resolved :bang:

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smokeyjoe03 said:

Did it Moosey's way, good old axle grinder, flattened it out enough for the grille to fit flush and repainted it to stop the rust.

Was just the jobbie, looks great now.

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