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Old Jul 30, 2013 | 04:37 PM
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I took the hood latches off the under side of my hood. I wanted to paint the under side of the hood and powder coat the latches. How do I get them to align again.
I am worried that if I close the hood and everything is not in align then I will not be able to re-open the hood.TIA.
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Thanks anyway, but I got it. I just lefty the latches a little loose and when I closed the hood they aligned themselves. Opened up the hood and tightened the bolts.
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I wish I knew what the last 6 of the VIN's are (on both sites and youtube) to see if all the C8's having the problem came down the line at the same time??
Could it be a bad "lot" of parts?
Here are two C8's with the Hood flying open:
5100026
5101555
Other folks can copy this post and add / insert their VIN too if they want.
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