maro323

i have a of problem with my camaro one side of the hood hanging hile the other looks to be fine. also the hood doesnt shut allthe way is there any posiboe way of fixing thanck you guys for the help

T/Aperformance

From your pics I'm thinking maybe your rubber stops need to be lowered on the driver side

maro323

hey thanx for the reply but i took out all the rubber hood stops and still same result i looked at a thread and well did what thysuggested but still no result...other suggestions?

Buggy Disaster

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Grab some WD-40 and lubricate your latch very well. Just to see if it allows it to close better.

Then play around with the latch adjustment. This piece is located at the nose on the hood, and held on by two bolts. If it is not centered properly with the hood latch, it wont close at all, or all the way.

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You also may try removing the rubber bumpers that are on the fender Ive seen them hold the hood up and has the car been in a accident ?

Scorpner

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It might help to post pics with the hood up.

maro323

thanx for the replys guys really appreciated. i will try the w 40 teqnuiqe and see what happen because it does have an issue now mentioning that to open the hood i need to lift the lath a bit to topen and close. also i did take out the fender rubber parts and i still end up with same results. well i really dont know if it was in an acident it has a salvaged title but idk if it was in n accident. maybe t was and i dont even know it...........

maro323

tommarow ille put pictures of the hood opened in all angles. also forgot to metion that there was somethin odd on the fender popping out of the door i found out the previous idiot owner didnt knew how to jack up a camaro and folded the piece of metal i unbent it and it got the right alighnment with door

maro323

hereare more ipictures

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a few

maro323

final....here s the ron bumper and fender out of aighnment

maro323

fender and hanging hood

T/Aperformance

I was just looking at your post number 10, first picture and you still have one rubber hood adjuster there,

92RS_Ttop

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I'd also loosen the 2 bolts that hold the hood latch in place and lower it a bit. That should help lower the front center of the hood. I'd also remove that last rubber stop as mentioned above. How is the hood alignment/height at the rear of the hood by the windshield?

maro323

here is the hood without the rubber stops out

maro323

hood alighnment close to the winshieled left and right. also the hood latch i will adjst later when i get back to work ehh....

Scorpner

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Yep, the hood needs to be moved back some. Is it possible that the front clip and panels on the drivers side have moved down? Might be able to see if old bolt head marks are there from it shifting.

From this pic, it looks like the edge of the hood needs to be brought back some.


The gap on this side is enough to bring the hood over this way as well so both sides are even.


Might help if you have someone with when you loosen the bolts and move it around.
The area by the door is somewhat common, but not as pronounced. Hard to tell with it being so close up though.

92RS_Ttop

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Have you checked under the hood hinge on the drivers side for and shims or washers? It's kinda high there too. What does the fender to door gap look like on the drivers side? Hood definitely needs to move back some. The corner of the hood should be even with the top of the headlight bucket when looking from the side.

maro323

is there a way u an post the pics u were talking about sorry its because i cant see them. also what bolt am i suppose to move? the hinge that opens the hood or the hood itself?

maro323

....fender and door gap i beleive i pposted. hood i moved all the way bac m really getting annoyed about the hood.yes exactly i have my dads 83 camaro as reference and mines look bad bad out of alighnent

Scorpner

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The pics are the ones that you posted, I reposted them as a reference.

IIRC, the only way to adjust the hood is by loosening the bolts to the hood and shifting it into position. If this was an original hood, you may also be able to see how it was previously installed by looking for impressions and/or missing paint.

92RS_Ttop

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Are you sure the hood itself isn't twisted? Just asking cause its kinda sitting at an odd angle left to right.

Barlow8869

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if this were my car, and i had the place and tools to do it, i would pull the front end off of it and look to see if anything is bent, then if it is not, put it all back on and align it as i went

or at least have someone help you take the hood and hinges all the way off, strip all the hardware from the hood and see if you can even get the hood to sit right with nothing on it ... if you can get it to set right with nothing on it, put one part back on at a time until you either find the bad part, or it is all on and right

Barlow8869

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also, i am sure it is just me, but does the spring not look like it is way to long, it could be that the spring is the wrong one, and getting into a bind, not letting the hood go all the way down ... i dont have near that much room when i pop my hood and it is sitting on the spring

Joe Tag

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The gap between the hood and bumper cover looks a little too big to me. Loosen the latch and drop it down, see if it helps any. Passenger side of the hood will be low, but that's what the adjusters are there for. When you have the adjuster on the passenger side pushing up on that side of the hood it will flex the drivers side down some. The bumper cover can be adjusted down some if you need to drop the latch more than you have room for now, but it looks like you have enough to play with there. The gap on my car was almost dead tight. Post some pics of the rear corners of the hood from the top and the gap between the door and fender on both sides. The drivers side of the hood looks to be too far to the front, or the fender may not be far enough forward ( cant tell which from pics provided)There really is no left/right adjustment on the hinges to center the hood up, the rubber bumpers on the fenders keep it centered. The height on the rear of the hood is adjusted with another set of adjusters on the back of the hinges. Hope you get it ironed out, bad gaps drive me nuts too. If you were close, I'd gladly help you out with it.

Barlow8869

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@ Joe Tag ... the only reason i say i would take the front end off (or at least the hood and strip the hood, is this from the OP ... " i really dont know if it was in an acident it has a salvaged title but idk if it was in n accident."

1piece@atime

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Have you tried taking the hood latch completely out and just letting the hood sit down to see how it looks? If you start there and put your hood stops back in you can adjust the hood to the fenders. If it's the latch thats holding it up look down by the bottom of the radiator at the lower tie bar and the latch support and see if it has been damaged or pushed up by some jack weilding maniac mechanic. Or mechanic wannabe.

Barlow8869

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ok, just another quick thought and test ... could you get out a tape measure and get the inches from drivers side front of the fender to passenger rear of the fender ... then get the inches from drivers side rear of the fender to passenger front of the fender

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How is your gap on the drivers side is it tight on the bottom and wide at the top a photo would be nice that way I can see more about whats going on

maro323

hey tgo ownrs i feel bad not getting bac to you all ive been pretty buisy with school and such and didnt have for my car. but soon i will post pictures of all angles in my vehicle to give a bit more description of whats going on. stuff i did was dropped thd hood latch all the wAy down only thing it did was drop the hoo close to frot nose it looks better but still out of alighnment.i used dw-40 like another previos memeber in here told me and did help close the hood better. today i will try to strip the whole car and post what ive done and see if you guys find anything odd. thanck you guys all again will post updates