Hey guys, got a couple questions about an abnormally large gap between the front of my hood and the grille. The fenders and hood are both factory original and the hood lines up perfectly with the fenders. Anything I can do to fix it?
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The hood looks perfectly aligned with the hood, so my money is on the headlight trim piece is sagging a bit. Remove it, double check the bolts are and clips are the right ones, then re install it an see if it lines up. That would be what I would try first.
You'll have to loosen the bolts on the nose panel and adjust it up. Then you'll have to adjust the bumper cover up and probably tweak the headlights.
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It looks like you are missing the thin hood lining that goes between the hood and headlights. Its a thin rubber lining that fills in the gap. Mine is gapped too.
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I also say it's the nose panel as well, looking at the fender line, it lines up with the hood line, so I would assume the hood isn't too high.
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Is it me or is the corner of the hood bent downwards where it meets the fender? Could be ghetto fixed by PO after frontal accident. Do the hood latches actually catch, both of them?
It looks like the corner of the fender is bent downwards slightly.
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Thanks for the info guys, yes both hood latches catch. Is it a fairly easy task to adjust the nose panel?
How much does the orientation of the headlights affect the hood alignment? I'm having trouble with getting the passenger side hood to sit flush...Thanks.
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