Well I hope it’s not creased, it looks ok but then It’s been raining lol. I didn’t push it in that badly, I just felt it push in and pop back out again. just made me worried that it might crease or can a bonnet take a bit of bending before it does any creasing?If you haven't creased it, you'll be fine - just Don't make a habit of it. When you close the bonnet, you want to let the bonnet drop from about 18" higher than the closed position to overcome the bonnet catch spring and latch properly.
They are incredibly thin these days and if you press too hard when drying or polishing you will feel it flex - All about saving weight I'm afraidWell I hope it’s not creased, it looks ok but then It’s been raining lol. I didn’t push it in that badly, I just felt it push in and pop back out again. just made me worried that it might crease or can a bonnet take a bit of bending before it does any creasing?
But it doesn’t do any damage when it flexes in and out does it?They are incredibly thin these days and if you press too hard when drying or polishing you will feel it flex - All about saving weight I'm afraid
Do as Monkey Hanger said drop the bonnet from a small height and it will close ok
I always do this rather than press down
Not that I’ve seen but I wouldn’t keepH
But it doesn’t do any damage when it flexes in and out does it?
It's exactly how mine feels. I try to give it a firm but gentle push down while there's still about 15 cms of a drop, so far worked alright.On my new S3, the bonnet doesn't seem to want to close properly when I just let it drop. It closes on the right hand side but the left hand side doesn't "engage" with the clasp and I therefore have to press it down to fully close it.
Where the bonnet so much lighter these days, it's as though it's not heavy enough to close itself when being dropped.
It almost feels like the spring strut is not "releasing" until it's too far down, then the bonnet has hardly any height to "freefall" drop from?
Is this common on the new 8Y model or should I get Audi to look at it?
On my new S3, the bonnet doesn't seem to want to close properly when I just let it drop. It closes on the right hand side but the left hand side doesn't "engage" with the clasp and I therefore have to press it down to fully close it.
Where the bonnet so much lighter these days, it's as though it's not heavy enough to close itself when being dropped.
It almost feels like the spring strut is not "releasing" until it's too far down, then the bonnet has hardly any height to "freefall" drop from?
Is this common on the new 8Y model or should I get Audi to look at it?
The bonnet skin is aluminum which makes lighter and more flexible than steel, I try pull it down with one of the clamps underneath then get my hand out of the way rather than pressing it from the top.On my new S3, the bonnet doesn't seem to want to close properly when I just let it drop. It closes on the right hand side but the left hand side doesn't "engage" with the clasp and I therefore have to press it down to fully close it.
Where the bonnet so much lighter these days, it's as though it's not heavy enough to close itself when being dropped.
It almost feels like the spring strut is not "releasing" until it's too far down, then the bonnet has hardly any height to "freefall" drop from?
Is this common on the new 8Y model or should I get Audi to look at it?
I'll give that a go next time.I have now managed to "master" this.
I bring the bonnet down until it's only got about 10 inches to fall, then I give it quite a hard "shove" downwards and it then closes OK on it's own without me having to push down on the bonnet once it's all the way down.
Yes, I had already read that but it just says exactly the same thing in the user manual for my old A3 Sportback 8P.