Rear Light Panel Gap

[Colin747]

The panel gap on my rear lights seems to start off normal and then gets progressively smaller towards the rear of the car, is there some sort of rubber washer etc. that may be missing that's causing this?

 

My car:

 

 

Normal:

 

[valy]

best to check the 3 bolts that hold the light in place ,as a starting point ....

[Colin747]

7 minutes ago, valy said:

best to check the 3 bolts that hold the light in place ,as a starting point ....

Could they just have been over tightened?

[valy]

1 minute ago, Colin747 said:

Could they just have been over tightened?

maybe the light was slightly misaligned when the bolts were put back on is what I can think of 

[Sargara]

Looking at the photos Id say your light cluster is mounted correctly, as it mounts to the body and that is the part that is sitting flush. So If anything it is your rear bumper thats sitting slightly lower than it should, hence the bigger panel gap so nothing to do with your light at all.

 

Theres a plastic clip/bolt thing that holds the rear bumper to the wing that is a right pain to unfasten, at a guess its been left undone when the bumper was off last time.

 

(edit) This one here:

 

https://my350z.com/forum/body-interior-exterior-and-lighting-diy/210062-diy-rear-bumper-removal-with-pictures.html

Edited September 14, 2017 by Sargara

[veilside z]

Bumper is a different height to the quarter panel

 

[colesl4w]

That gunmetal grey Z looks beaut.