Lining up hood and lights
12-20-2010, 10:51 AM
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Lining up hood and lights Looks like my hood, bumper and lights need to be lined up. It looks like mess in the front. Is this usually timid stuff to do, or should i just take it in to a body shop and let them deal with it? Doesn't seem like a lot of work, but i'm sure they have the experience?
12-22-2010, 11:07 AM
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That just looks like you need to screw down the bump stops. There should be a big octagonal plastic-looking bolt at the front edge of the hood, one near each headlight. There will also be another one near the rear outside edge of the headlight. Take a wrench (sometimes you can do it by hand) and screw those down. It looks like they are backed out way too much and stopping your hood from going all the way down on the drivers side.
12-24-2010, 10:31 PM
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Adjust the bumpers. Have someone hold the hood latch "open" so you don't have to run back and fourth. Screw the bumpers down all the way and see where the hood sits. There might be four bumpers on that car. (Black screw things like ^ he said). If the hood closes fine with the bumpers down, you've isolated your problem. If it's still high, adjust the latch. Shouldn't be a large contact for the bumper screw deals. You can see the imprint on the hood. If not, color the top of the bumper with a dry erase marker.
Adjust the bumpers. Have someone hold the hood latch "open" so you don't have to run back and fourth. Screw the bumpers down all the way and see where the hood sits. There might be four bumpers on that car. (Black screw things like ^ he said). If the hood closes fine with the bumpers down, you've isolated your problem. If it's still high, adjust the latch. Shouldn't be a large contact for the bumper screw deals. You can see the imprint on the hood. If not, color the top of the bumper with a dry erase marker.
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12-26-2010, 12:52 AM
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Thats nothing. Mine is bad. But mine is due to shitty half *** collision repair work and not fixing everything. So when i pull the motor im pulling the whole front off and redoing it the right way, or atleast my half assed way aslong as it looks better.
