Is This Normal? (gap In Interior, 94 Mustang

robster94gt

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Hey all, I just noticed something that I never noticed before, perhaps because I never sit in the passenger seat, perhaps because it wasn't there before.
On my dash, where the dash meets the A pillar, there is a huge gap where the two should meet. It's so wide you can even see the edge of the lip where the two should overlap. On the driver's side the gap is much smaller, and acceptable.
Last year, I had subframe connectors welded in, and I'm paranoid that maybe they had the car up on a lift, and the frame flexed, and when they welded them in the it stayed flexed, resulting in the huge gap. Surely it couldn't flex that much, and not at this spot??
Do any of you guys have more space on side than the other, or a huge gap like this? Anybody?

Cheers,
Rob
 

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No, that's pretty excessive on the right side there. That A-pillar cover is just snapped in. See if you can pull it out a little to cover up the gap.

Kurt
 
Hey Kurt,
Thanks.
I'll take a look at the cover. Might have to put something behind it. Maybe the same stuff you use to stop squeeks in the door panels? Whatever that is, I need some of that too! :)

So there's probably no twisting or flexing in the frame that could cause this?

Cheers,
Rob
 
Hey Kurt,
Thanks.
I'll take a look at the cover. Might have to put something behind it. Maybe the same stuff you use to stop squeeks in the door panels? Whatever that is, I need some of that too! :)

So there's probably no twisting or flexing in the frame that could cause this?

Cheers,
Rob


I wouldn't rule it out. I'll check the gap on mine when I get home. I know my subframes were welded in with the car on a drive on lift since I was present and took pictures at the time.
 
Im guessing you hit the nail on the head with the SFC's. If it wasnt a drive on lift, they may have used different spacers of the legs of lift and had your car slightly twisted... My '95 had even gaps in the corners. Like Kurt said, just pop the bottom out some, put some foam tape (or double sided foam tape) behind it to keep it from flapping around, and then the gap will be covered.
 
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Yeah, I was concerned about the SFC thing. The shop I brought it to lifted it on the wheels when they welded in them. However, when I returned to pick it up they were just finishing up and had it up on the other lift. It wasn't on the wheels, and when I asked about it he said that all the major welds had been finished and they just needed to do a few smaller welds which they couldn't reach when it was on the other lift.

If indeed it did somehow get twisted on the lifts, would it really be noticeable at the A pillars? The way the gap is, wouldn't it have to flex left to right, and no front to back? Not discounting anything, just thinking out loud. :)
Also, thanks for taking a taking a look.

Cheers,
Rob
 
If the car is twisted so bad as to make the dash move (or the a pillars) the doors would be exhibiting symptoms of that twist as well.
Was there a noticeable change in the way the doors opened/closed?

I can't believe that there was enough twist in the entire unit body so as to twist the dash away from the a pillars w/o the doors giving you problems as well.

If the doors work the same as they ever did, then i'm thinkin' you should've sat in the passenger seat a long time ago.
 
@madmike1157 , you always think things through (and/or have a story from a past experience of how you know). I didnt think that the doors wouldnt shut right with that much body twist, but that would be a tell tale sign. If the car performs well, its nothing I would get too worried about.
 
Found this pic on the web. Looks like a similar situation to mine. Close gap on left, big one on right. Might be more pronounced on convertibles.
 

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