Hood Alignment
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Hood Alignment
Anyone ever tackle aligning the hood. I discovered a few days ago that my driver's side door was rubbing the hood when getting in and out of the car. I loosened the 5 bolts on one of the front hood mounts
and tapped it forward slightly. Solved the door rubbing problem, but now the hood doesn't lock down as smooth as before. The passenger side doesn't rub so I hate to take it loose too, but that might get the hood to close easier. It'll still close, but I have to give it a nudge.
and tapped it forward slightly. Solved the door rubbing problem, but now the hood doesn't lock down as smooth as before. The passenger side doesn't rub so I hate to take it loose too, but that might get the hood to close easier. It'll still close, but I have to give it a nudge.
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From: Bergen County NJ
To get the hood to aligned better, you might have to also adjust the height at the hinges (by using shims) and also adjust the location and height of the latch points.
I played around with mine last fall and got a better alignment of the gaps, but I ended up with the door rubbing the same way yours was. I tweaked it so that the door didn't hit, but I need to go back and do it again from scratch to really get it it right. In order to get "everything' aligned and gapped correctly, I believe that the you have to start from the gap between the door and the rear quarter panel. You get that right and then move toward the front end adjusting the door hinges, lower fenders, hood and finally the bumper cover.
I played around with mine last fall and got a better alignment of the gaps, but I ended up with the door rubbing the same way yours was. I tweaked it so that the door didn't hit, but I need to go back and do it again from scratch to really get it it right. In order to get "everything' aligned and gapped correctly, I believe that the you have to start from the gap between the door and the rear quarter panel. You get that right and then move toward the front end adjusting the door hinges, lower fenders, hood and finally the bumper cover.
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Originally Posted by sraft
To get the hood to aligned better, you might have to also adjust the height at the hinges (by using shims) and also adjust the location and height of the latch points.
I played around with mine last fall and got a better alignment of the gaps, but I ended up with the door rubbing the same way yours was. I tweaked it so that the door didn't hit, but I need to go back and do it again from scratch to really get it it right. In order to get "everything' aligned and gapped correctly, I believe that the you have to start from the gap between the door and the rear quarter panel. You get that right and then move toward the front end adjusting the door hinges, lower fenders, hood and finally the bumper cover.
I played around with mine last fall and got a better alignment of the gaps, but I ended up with the door rubbing the same way yours was. I tweaked it so that the door didn't hit, but I need to go back and do it again from scratch to really get it it right. In order to get "everything' aligned and gapped correctly, I believe that the you have to start from the gap between the door and the rear quarter panel. You get that right and then move toward the front end adjusting the door hinges, lower fenders, hood and finally the bumper cover.
