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Old Sep 26, 2007 | 11:55 PM
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i know these are cruddy pics but:
in this picture, my hood wont lach on the passenger side, when you oush it down it will click like it grabbed the latch, but *** soon as you take you hand off the hood it pops back out

in this one you can see it right where the hood dosent allign with either of the fenders, it dosent allign right with the front clip at all, its about an inch too low on both sides


maby im just being too critical on the car, im not sure

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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 12:27 AM
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Brother Miles,..the stud needs to be adjusted. There's plenty of adjustment, north/south, east/west and up and down. Also, make sure the upper latch (on the hood) moves freely.

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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 12:46 AM
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The left-front of the hood needs to be raised a bit. That will allow the right-rear to drop significantly. Then [as mentioned above] the studs at the back need to be lowered to set the back edge at the correct height. It looks like you have the spacing about right.
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im happy with the front (headlight end) allignment, its the fenders and the windshield end

how do i adjust the bolts, where are they located?

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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 10:36 AM
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Old Sep 27, 2007 | 06:11 PM
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no one? last bump

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