cutsman
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Last night, I opened the hood of the car to admire the engine bay and poke around (as most of us have hah). When I was leaving the garage, I closed the hood and thought nothing of it because it closed as any other car hood would do.
Come this morning, I went back into the garage and noticed that the passenger side of the hood was not aligning with the rest of the car. There was a significant gap between the hood and fender (and the front bumper). After trying to press down on the hood harder, opening and re-closing the hood multiple times, and even slamming the hood down, I couldn't get the damn passenger side to align properly!
I went ahead and looked at the hinges on the hood itself, and I noticed that the passenger side hinge was "raised" significantly when compared to the driver side. It was probably off by a couple of turns on the thread. Since the hinge was bolted down by two 10 mm nuts, I removed them to take a look at the assembly.
Fix:
It turns out the black 11mm nut on the hinge (on the hood) is adjustable. I grabbed an 11mm box wrench and turned it clockwise a few times to "lower" the hinge. This would allow the latch on the body to grab the striker sooner. After the adjustment, the hood closed up beautifully!
Come this morning, I went back into the garage and noticed that the passenger side of the hood was not aligning with the rest of the car. There was a significant gap between the hood and fender (and the front bumper). After trying to press down on the hood harder, opening and re-closing the hood multiple times, and even slamming the hood down, I couldn't get the damn passenger side to align properly!
I went ahead and looked at the hinges on the hood itself, and I noticed that the passenger side hinge was "raised" significantly when compared to the driver side. It was probably off by a couple of turns on the thread. Since the hinge was bolted down by two 10 mm nuts, I removed them to take a look at the assembly.
Fix:
It turns out the black 11mm nut on the hinge (on the hood) is adjustable. I grabbed an 11mm box wrench and turned it clockwise a few times to "lower" the hinge. This would allow the latch on the body to grab the striker sooner. After the adjustment, the hood closed up beautifully!
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