hood isn't fitting right

[mrt]

I was wondering if anyone knew how to adjust the hood height? i bent it some how and now it doesn't look right when i close it...

thanks

89' 240sx

[JasonNagra]

Ok, well where is the hood not closing properly? Is it sitting a little high at the top of the hood by the window? Or is it messed up at the bottom by the radiator? How did you bend it, and what do you mean by bending? Sorry for all the questions but you must be more specific so we can help you. My freind had a problem with his hood sitting a little high near the front window and we fixed that easily.

[mrt]

On the passenger side at the top (top left). its sitting like half an inch too high... i think i bent the hinges when i was lifting the hood to check the oil..

so yah any help would be great.

thankyou

[240silvia]

Check to see if the hinges are bent, also, under the hood, close to the front of the car, on both sides, are 2 rubber pieces, you can turn them clockwise to lower the hood, or you can turn them counter-clockwise to raise the hood.

[mrt]

its the hinges soo now what can i do? take the hood off and straighten the one hinge?


thanks for the help

[JasonNagra]

Yea try taking the two bolts off on the side it is messed up and inspecting it to seee if it is bent. If its i sjust sitting high, try what 240silvia said because thats what we did, except we removed those washer things so the hood could sit lower. If that does not work just try bending it back I geuss. How the hell did you bend it just opening it?

[mrt]

well the hinges are rusty so when i push the hood up it pulls on the bottom part of the hinge and bends it. So when i close the hood it sits too high. So i just use wd-40 to lub hinges so they won't keep doing this. ****ty hood hinge design i think. :P