Front Bumper Misalignment?

[umbrop]

Just picked up my truck last week and while going over it today, I noticed that the front bumper looks misaligned. Searched the forum, and didn't see anything , and going to call the dealership tomorrow but hoping this is easily fixed.

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[Streek]

I just checked mines and it appears to be the same way.

 

[ctuan13]

I haven't studied mine closely from this top-down perspective, but mine does have bumper cover misalignment to where the passenger side has some clips that are popped out ever so slightly and are too misaligned to engage. I'll have to get pictures and post them another time.

I need to just tear the whole front end apart and align it properly, but just haven't gotten around to it.

 

[umbrop]

Dealership is going to have their local body shop take care of it. They believe it is an easy fix (20-30 min). Probably do it next week.

 

[lightspeed]

Mine is the same. It's not immediately noticeable without looking for it, but it appears that the passenger side bumper protrudes about 1/2" compared to the driver side which looks more correct to me based on the way the inner fender liner lines up.

 

[Jeffgtx]

mine too

 

[EdRudy]

I posted about this back in November. My front right side is about 1 inch lower than the left side. The wheel well cover is misaligned on the right side also.

The right rear bumper is about 3/4” lower than the left side. I assume this is pretty common.

 

[PungoteagueDave]

It's a feature designed to improve aerodynamics - it is intentional - the bumper leads slightly with one side to get the air flowing to the side instead of confronting the wind with a straight bumper wall. Same for slight bumper height differences side to side, wheel cover alignment differences - every little nuance of uneven surface or apparent assembly anomaly introduces a vortex effect that increases range or reduces wind resistance. It's subtle but effective. Engineering genius.

 

[Pioneer74]

It's a feature designed to improve aerodynamics - it is intentional - the bumper leads slightly with one side to get the air flowing to the side instead of confronting the wind with a straight bumper wall. It's subtle but effective. Engineering genius.

 

[Technoman]

I'll just be damned......intentional engineering genius....It's gotta be Elon who everyone copied for aero......I laughed when I saw misaligned Teslas and thought what a POS. Never pass at a car show where I'm a judge though. Ah come on Dave is this real?? I wish I had access to a wind tunnel. Crap my engineering skills are outdated maybe. LOL

 

[MRButtler]

Perhaps it is from how it was tied to transport?

 

[umbrop]

stopped by a dealership over the weekend where they had 2 lightnings in stock. Both had a bumper that looked like this. Starting to think what Dave said is legit.

 

[FordTough98198]

It's a feature designed to improve aerodynamics - it is intentional - the bumper leads slightly with one side to get the air flowing to the side instead of confronting the wind with a straight bumper wall. Same for slight bumper height differences side to side, wheel cover alignment differences - every little nuance of uneven surface or apparent assembly anomaly introduces a vortex effect that increases range or reduces wind resistance. It's subtle but effective. Engineering genius.

Doors and panels are designed to slightly “shingle” too, front to back.

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