Hood Gap

[Russ Keller]

Does this gap look right?

[albatcha]

Definitely looks too big

[Russ Keller]

Weird from this low angle.  Each side looks OK but this upper lip looks high, or the nosepiece is low...

[Stevenc22]

There is a gap on there on regular car but your gap seems big. Will take a photo when i get home to compare.

[adawil2002]

Yup, too high. Shim the sides near the turn signals & drop it down, the hinges are at almost at the top of their adjustment.

Edited August 21, 2020 by adawil2002

[Buckeye]

Looks too big.

See Pdf attachment on page 2 of this article.

 

[Jeff 57]

Here's 2 Inka reference points, think your gap is too large

[Russ Keller]

Looks like the nose needs to come up in the middle or the hood needs to come down.  On the corners the hood is nearly sitting on the turn signals.

Edited August 21, 2020 by Russ Keller

[Lorin]

I think your hood is bent or your nose panel is bent. It would be a lot easier to imagine the hood bending to that shape vs the nose panel.

[Russ Keller]

Here's some better pictures

[TobyB]

I hate to say this, but from the pics, it looks like the nose is drooping...

 

... but check the hood carefully for signs it's been lifted.

 

t

 

[tzei]

If door(s) & fender(s) are lined good i’d say the whole hood is a tad too high. A-pillar area... hood upper surface to door line has a small step (as is with belt line trim) that i think shouldn’t be there. I assume hood is closed from the lever. I’m wrestling with same issues. Not happy how i put it together so im tearging it a part as far as i need until i get fitment as clean as i can.

[Mike Self]

With the hood latched, run a long (3-4 foot) straightedge along the beltline molding on the door so that extends at least halfway along the hood's molding.  If the straightedge lays flat against the hood molding, then the hood is aligned properly fore and aft.  If there's a gap between the straightedge and the molding, then the hood is drooping to the front. 

 

The visual you want is the beltline molding forming a straight line front to back.  If that means there's a bit of a gap along the nose, then I think I'd live with it, rather than having a drooping hood.  I too suspect the nose panel looks a little low in the middle.  

 

mike

 

 

[Conserv]

1 hour ago, Mike Self said:

... The visual you want is the beltline molding forming a straight line front to back.  If that means there's a bit of a gap along the nose, then I think I'd live with it, rather than having a drooping hood.  I too suspect the nose panel looks a little low in the middle.  

 

mike

 

+1

 

What Mike said!

 

Regards,

 

Steve

 

[visionaut]

To my eyes, the nose of the hood looks bent up - like it previously hit the grille when opened fully because it wasn’t adjusted correctly (leaving a telltale dent in the kidney grille). Especially the pic you posted from 12:27 Friday...
 

It’s way easier to bend the hood than to cause the front nose panel to droop in the front, no? Nothing loads the front nose sheet metal top to possibly cause a droop in the middle to occur.  And the matching angle of your grille and headlight bezel in that same pic would be off if your nose panel drooped, and it’s not. So unless the nose was replaced, I’m thinking hood...

 

Russ, is that a replacement grille? Is your hood flat/straight from the roundel back to the vents? Has the nose panel been swapped?
 

Tom-too