hey whats up i bought a carbon fiber hood from CA and it doestn close up tight. when i shut the hood the right side fite real tight (actually to tight)and the drivers side has like a quarter to a have inch gap. is there any trick s to getting the hood to align up right ????

 

Are you using the hood prop/shock on your cf hood? If so take that off, it's too strong for the hood

 

are you talking about the gap between the hood and fenders?

 

Oh if that's what he's talking about, I had that as well....What fixed my problem is I put two washers in between the hood bracket and the fender on the side that the hood was really close to. It did the job....Also when tightening the hood to the brackets make sure the hood is aligned straight before tightening them or else it will be crooked

 

There is some play in the hood. loosed up the bots that hold the hood to the hinge and move it around. Also you could see if there is any adjustment on the hood latch itself. Im what not sure how easy that is to get to but that will also affect the hood fit. Aligning panels is a bitch

 

yuo have to change the hood strut. i had the same problem with mine. i sold the hood to jackalope here on the forum nd he got a different hood strut and it was perfect after that. the stovk hood strut is made to hold up a steel hood. now with the cf its pushing to hard and causing it to stick up 1/4". its an easy fix.

 

You can always adjust the way the hood lies by turning those ruber stops that are in the front corners of the radiator support.

 

that has nothing to do with it.

 

Yeah the hood latch is really easy to get to...it's literally right there and only two bolts if I remember correctly. My hood fits like a dream though compared to other cf hoods I have seen. You usually don't get that great of quality with aftermarket cf hoods...at least not for domestics haha

 

ya i had to adjust that too. havent gotton around to it yet but some day i will. only other option you couls do is hood pins. if you like them.

 

Lower The Latch

 

It does have something to do with hood adjustment. Maybe not his problem.

 

right.

 

I had to adjust mine down cuz the hood shut so tight its started to crack a little where the rubber pieces were

 

mine didnt fit right either so i had to use hoodpins to make it fit flush.

 

damn kids cant give em anything nice lol

 

damn i didnt think there was that many problems with these thanx all

just went and took out the strut and the hood fite like a dream