hey all got my vfn hood put on but
05-08-2007, 10:32 PM
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hey all got my vfn hood put on but Hi everyone was wondering everyone thats already got a hood whne you put yours on did the hood sit high on the sides ? like if you got down level with the middle of the front fender and go up to the hood mine comes up like 1/4" maybe not that much but its deffinetly noticable to me? anybody have this problem ? i had my body man go ahead and put my hood on and the gaps around the hood are great & the front looks good but from the side view in that section the hood sticks up on sides??? just the sides help somebody please tell me its just something small i can fix !!!! HELP!!!please!!!! and ill post pics when i get home from work tomarrrow!!
05-08-2007, 10:34 PM
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Mine lines up very nicely but I have heard and seen the VFN 4" sit a little high at the tips by the windshield. Is this the sunoco? I know it's possible to adjust the corners but as far as the middle of the hood I'm not so sure. Have you given it time to settle down to a resting point? At least a month?
05-09-2007, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted by CULATR
seeing your sig .....mines just like yours but w/ center line
Got any pics?
05-09-2007, 11:29 AM
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Originally Posted by 408Maro
dont mean to thread jack but when you get the sunoco its god to throw it on for a month to let it cure before painting?
if you're asking a question then yes it is. VFN recommends that you let the hood cure for at least a month before painting it.
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05-10-2007, 12:07 AM
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I doubt curing will change those gaps... I personally would go to a better body guy.
It is possible you will need to make the holes on the hinges slightly larger to let it sit lower, nothing a competent body guy wouldn't do, without needing to be asked, though...
Also, on the front... Can't you just turn the rubber bump stops on the front corners down some or are they already all the way down?
I would get that sucker lined up perfect BEFORE it started to cure. I wouldn't want it to cure imperfectly...
It is possible you will need to make the holes on the hinges slightly larger to let it sit lower, nothing a competent body guy wouldn't do, without needing to be asked, though...
Also, on the front... Can't you just turn the rubber bump stops on the front corners down some or are they already all the way down?
I would get that sucker lined up perfect BEFORE it started to cure. I wouldn't want it to cure imperfectly...
05-10-2007, 10:15 AM
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you need to notch out your hood hinges and put your hood bumpers all the way down. Then its all a matter of aligning it. You may need to make one side high and one side lwo in order for it to fit right. It takes a while to get it, but it will eventually look perfectly fine. Just work at it, or take it to a body guy who actually knows what he is doing. Aligning that hood should be chicken scratch for a REAL body guy.
05-10-2007, 12:43 PM
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the distances from the hood to the fenders, and front bumper are not that bad, its the parts that are sticking up that need to be fixed. I would do what ^^^^ he said, go to a better body guy
05-10-2007, 09:57 PM
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well being as i already paid the man before i picked it up the first time i just took it back and he said he would make it good so.........wish me luck i will inform him though about notching out the hood hinges and bumpers all the way down thanks for the advice....als omaybe this is the reason why it looked the way it didi he diodn see the instruction ( that came with the hood) laying in the pass floor board so he didnt read anyhting he just tried to fit it up so that might be the reason it looked like it did, plus he's a good body guy but i guess everyone has there days.......like i said wish me luck.(or my car luck.... anyways)
05-10-2007, 10:30 PM
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Hmm good luck, on my ZL1 hood i have the same issue with the cornors up by the window the points of the hood sticking up... which rubber bump stops do i have to lower on my 1994 z28 to try to get the area i said to lay flatter?
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