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Panel Misalignment, normal on C7/C8's?
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<blockquote data-quote="gone" data-source="post: 203340" data-attributes="member: 5899"><p>I was told many years ago by my uncle who owned a body shop and was a "car nut", that as years go by and an assembly line vehicle continues to be produced unchanged, the body parts for that vehicle start to fit a little less precise, when the molds or mold inserts used to manufacture those parts wear from continual production. The advantage to buying a new design, is that everything is machined "perfectly" (very low tolerances) and should fit well when assembled properly. So with this being a new model year, the C8 should have a really good "fit" to all its body components and that makes it more likely that human error is responsible for misaligned body panels. All this assumes everything was engineered properly to begin with, which is likely, although small details or design flaws can be missed then show up when more vehicles are made and out getting "real world use", such as the C8 door bolt that was too long and caused paint chips (we're told that's now corrected). </p><p></p><p>Perhaps this information is really dated and better modern manufacturing techniques have eliminated the "wearing over time" issues of the original molds or mold inserts. We'd need an expert in this area to comment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="gone, post: 203340, member: 5899"] I was told many years ago by my uncle who owned a body shop and was a "car nut", that as years go by and an assembly line vehicle continues to be produced unchanged, the body parts for that vehicle start to fit a little less precise, when the molds or mold inserts used to manufacture those parts wear from continual production. The advantage to buying a new design, is that everything is machined "perfectly" (very low tolerances) and should fit well when assembled properly. So with this being a new model year, the C8 should have a really good "fit" to all its body components and that makes it more likely that human error is responsible for misaligned body panels. All this assumes everything was engineered properly to begin with, which is likely, although small details or design flaws can be missed then show up when more vehicles are made and out getting "real world use", such as the C8 door bolt that was too long and caused paint chips (we're told that's now corrected). Perhaps this information is really dated and better modern manufacturing techniques have eliminated the "wearing over time" issues of the original molds or mold inserts. We'd need an expert in this area to comment. [/QUOTE]
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