Need help aligning hood

[onspeed]

I was recently involved in a small fender bender in a parking lot. A toyota matrix ran into me at the front driver side headlight area going about 5-10MPH.Damaged the fender, bumper cover, and hood. I got a new stock hood from a local guy parting out his car, and i bought 2 new hinges from the dealer, but i can't seem to get the hood to fit right. On the passenger side, theres a widening gap which is about 1 to 1.5in. at the front. on the driver side, the hood sort of overlaps the fender. I've loosened all the bolts and i've been trying to straighten it... can't seem to do it though. Any suggestions?

[truekoa]

Re: Need help aligning hood

wish i could help you but....


mines not aligned right either. no matter how i try i would loosed the bolts and sort of guide it along the fenders to get a good fit and when i bolt it up either its worse or doesnt bolt up right at all. lol i guess i can use the help too

[mattgdg]

Re: Need help aligning hood

I had problems with mine lining up to when I did the 98 front end conversion. I had a machine shop lengthen the bolt hole in the hood bracket (the one that bolts underneath the hood) into a slot so that the hood had more play to slide around. Kinda hard to describe without pictures, I'll try and take some tomorrow so it'll be easier to understand.

[screamin 99]

Re: Need help aligning hood

give this a look over and see if it helps
http://armorysound.com/forumsadv/showthread.php?t=27

[truekoa]

Re: Need help aligning hood

give this a look over and see if it helps
http://armorysound.com/forumsadv/showthread.php?t=27

did anyone try that guide? how much do you have to widen the bolt holes?

[screamin 99]

Re: Need help aligning hood

did anyone try that guide? how much do you have to widen the bolt holes?

i have been searching all over for a hood alignment writeup and i found that link on ls1tech. it does say to open the holes up a generous amount to give you more room to play with. i plan on using it to put on my ss hood i just picked up ($200 btw:rock: from ls1tech)

[truekoa]

Re: Need help aligning hood

i have been searching all over for a hood alignment writeup and i found that link on ls1tech. it does say to open the holes up a generous amount to give you more room to play with. i plan on using it to put on my ss hood i just picked up ($200 btw:rock: from ls1tech)

nice! mine was like 300 locally. when are you doing yours? could you let me know how it turns out, i feel uneasy having to widen the holes without knowing exactly how much.

thanks!

[screamin 99]

Re: Need help aligning hood

nice! mine was like 300 locally. when are you doing yours? could you let me know how it turns out, i feel uneasy having to widen the holes without knowing exactly how much.

thanks!

should be bolting it on this weekend. i dont drive the car so it will just sit in my garage unpainted until taxes come back. i will definitely post up here how it goes. i will also try to snap a few pics during the process