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Old Sep 4, 2015 | 10:55 AM
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Out in the garage today, and I noticed that the edge of the passenger side hood closest to the windshield is slightly higher than the adjacent fender. The attached picture shows this small mis-alignment, although it looks really exaggerated in the picture. Also, sorry about the bad quality of the picture. Actually, the edge of the hood may be high by about 1/8". The edge of the hood on the driver's side, same position, is perfectly even with the fender. I opened the hood, and noticed that the rubber bumber on the passenger side is tightened all the way in, and cannot be adjusted (shortened) further. On the driver side, the bumper is 1 1/2 turns out from fully flush.

The seams between the hood and fenders all around look uniform.

Trying to avoid a trip to the dealer...

Does anyone know what I might try to adjust in order to bring down the passenger side edge? There is a metal bracket on the passenger side that the rubber bumber rests upon, but it does not appear adjustable for height.

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Old Sep 4, 2015 | 01:06 PM
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Pretty sure that it is adjustable.
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Old Sep 4, 2015 | 01:47 PM
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I had the same problem with my c7 bring the hood down to about 18" and close it with a firm hand, it work for me, from the center of the hood.
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Problem isn't that it won't latch on that side, it does...Just not flush with the bumper...

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Old Sep 4, 2015 | 02:31 PM
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can you move the hood up in down on the side that is up if so its not closed
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Have you tried lowering the latch on that side?
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Twist the rubber bump stop on the hood in a full turn that is the adjustment.
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can you move the hood up in down on the side that is up if so its not closed
Nope....hood is tight...just not flush

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Originally Posted by Sharkbite 6870
Twist the rubber bump stop on the hood in a full turn that is the adjustment.

The bumper is fully screwed in on that side....

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Originally Posted by probono
The bumper is fully screwed in on that side....

Ken
You might have to shave a little rubber off the bumper, then. Or the latch itself could be misaligned.
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Mines the same, I'll have to adjust it next week, always annoys me
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