S14 Misaligned trunk

[Taylorgang808]

Anyone know how to fix this? One side sits higher than the other. I've tried everything...Changing the trunk lid, replacing the rubber stoppers, adjusting/replacing the latch, I also had a friend go inside the trunk and adjust it. The only thing I didn't try was swapping out the trunk arms, previous owner said the car was rear ended, Can anyone post a pic of their trunk arm so I can compare it to mine.

Here's some pics :
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[jr_ss]

This isn't the correct place for this. However, the car was rear ended, have you thought to look at the repair? Was it hit or the passenger rear? Most likely, since it was rear ended, you're not going to fix that misalignment.

[Jdmwhip]

Entire rear end could even be bent, if you have no gap over the stoppers then it definitely takes the height issue out of the picture.

[Taylorgang808]

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My other trunk didn't sit like that though. As you can see in this pic. I'm guessing the trunk I put in is slightly bent. I'm not sure


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[Jdmwhip]

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My other trunk didn't sit like that though. As you can see in this pic. I'm guessing the trunk I put in is slightly bent. I'm not sure


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Did you swap trunks because of the wing? And did you swap the mounts when you swapped trunks?

[Taylorgang808]

Did you swap trunks because of the wing? And did you swap the mounts when you swapped trunks?


I swapped trunks because the other trunk was messed up. Sides looked wavy. What do u mean by mounts? Like the latch? I swapped over the latch from my old trunk over to the new one. I didn't swap out the bottom part.


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[Jdmwhip]

I swapped trunks because the other trunk was messed up. Sides looked wavy. What do u mean by mounts? Like the latch? I swapped over the latch from my old trunk over to the new one. I didn't swap out the bottom part.


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Wavy as in paint or just the trunk was fuckered? Latch wouldn't make much of a difference, I mean the hook shaped hinges

[Taylorgang808]

Wavy as in paint or just the trunk was fuckered? Latch wouldn't make much of a difference, I mean the hook shaped hinges


The trunk was fucked, and it started to rust


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[Taylorgang808]

Here's a better pic of how the old trunk use to sit 82754


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[DennisC]

I see this problem on a lot of s14. One of mine has the same problem and I adjusted it perfectly before but over time it just became misaligned again.


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[omgosh]

Dont just look at the one spot. Look at the lines around the whole trunk. On the new trunk, your left side is up too high and the right side is down too low...perhaps shim it up on the right side if you are out of adjustment? Hopefully that will bring it down and level it out.

However your previous trunk was not lined up either. The whole thing was too high up especially on the right side. Look at the gap between the center tail and the brake lights...and the big gap between bumper and trunk. Id say you need to either make some new adjustment points or put it on a frame machine if you want it perfect.