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Old Mar 19, 2007 | 02:54 AM
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Ever since the body shop put my hood back on after painting, it doest quite shut down all the way. The latch hits fine, but the back part towards the windshield has to be pushed down on each side for it not to look like crap, almost like the hood hinges are worn out. Is that whats goin on here?
Also, the driver side window wont go all theway up because it gets tight up at top and the handle just starts to spin with no grip. I can see there is plenty of spines left on the regulator ****, would a new handle fix this problem?
Old Mar 19, 2007 | 03:30 AM
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Ever since the body shop put my hood back on after painting, it doest quite shut down all the way. The latch hits fine, but the back part towards the windshield has to be pushed down on each side for it not to look like crap, almost like the hood hinges are worn out. Is that whats goin on here?
Also, the driver side window wont go all theway up because it gets tight up at top and the handle just starts to spin with no grip. I can see there is plenty of spines left on the regulator ****, would a new handle fix this problem?
I saw a post here a while back regarding your hood issue. The poster said to loosen the bolts that hook the hinges to the car body and inner fenders and lift the hood even higher than its normally open position while a friend tightens the bolts back up. The post said that this will drop the hood in the back. It makes sense if you think about it.
Old Mar 19, 2007 | 05:57 AM
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you need to aline the hinges like jmd said if that dont fix it you need new springs/hinges
Old Mar 20, 2007 | 09:06 PM
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k, i'll try that. Does nebody have some ideas bout that window?
Old Mar 20, 2007 | 09:19 PM
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yeah sound like the handles is stripped out

also before u go and start adjusting the hood try removing the springs and see is it will close down flush is the hood aftermarket lots of times they are a little more flimsy and dont shut quite right maybe u need a set of low ttensions spring like we use on the glass hoods
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