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Hood height adjustment

Chancer

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Bonnie Scotland
Here's a daft one - can you adjust the height the hood sits at when it's clipped down? My hood appears to be flush with the top of the rad bit along centreline of the car, but raises slightly towards the front corners of the hood (it could be bent out...). I've had a look at the springs underneath the corners, and can't see an adjustment mechanism, but there's definite play in there, and it would be nice to have it a little less wobbly than it is.
 
For the most part, lower the outside rubber bumpers and carefully re-arch the hood by hand.
 
The hood is adjusted for "flushness to the fenders and the grille surround by placing shims under the latch strikers where they are attached to the top face of the radiator core support bracket.

Add shims to raise height of corners of hood, and vice versa.
 
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