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The day I found out my 'perfect' fender gap was just a bent door
I mean, I was lining up a front fender on a Civic for like 45 minutes, getting the gap to the door just right. My helper walks by, opens the door, and the whole thing shifts. Turns out the door hinge was tweaked from the hit, and I'd been adjusting the fender to match a door that wasn't even sitting straight. I felt so dumb. Anyone else ever get fooled by something simple like that?
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wendy1311mo ago
Yeah I gotta disagree a bit. Sometimes the simple stuff is exactly what you think it is. I had a truck where the hood was sitting crooked and I spent an hour checking hinges and alignment. Turned out one of the motor mounts had collapsed and the engine was literally sitting lower on that side, pulling the whole front end down with it. Not a simple fix, not a simple check. You can't always just look at the obvious thing first because sometimes the obvious thing is working fine and the real problem is buried.
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mark4363mo ago
It's easy to get tunnel vision on one part and miss the bigger picture. You start chasing a symptom instead of finding the real cause. Always check the stuff that's supposed to be fixed first.
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tessa_murray3mo ago
Oh man, that hits home. I spent a whole weekend trying to fix a weird noise in my car, buying new parts and everything. Turns out the mechanic had left a wrench in the engine bay after the last service. It was literally the thing that was "fixed" causing the new problem. Felt so silly for not looking there first.
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