Hood is going down too deep

[usranger80]

I thought he said he adjusted the latch...maybe not

[AmericanMuscleCars]

Oh well, I'm taking it to the dealership. Get my baby checked out... :(

[family man]

Ok, you removed the radiator shield. Was the hood aligning correctly before that? When you removed the shield, did you remove the 2 torq driven screws? If you did, those adjust the hieght of the nose.

[slim-n-none]

I had the same issue, and its something not lining up under the plate. I couldn't find the hangup, but I could tell the bolts were bottoming out and forcing the facia up. so I cut about a 1/4 of the bolts off, then reinstalled and everything lined up perfect. Took all of five min with my hacksaw and vise. Just remember if you go that route to put a nut on the bolt before you cut it to chase the threads.

Also, adjusting the bump stops didn't fix it, actually kind of made it worse.....

[AmericanMuscleCars]

Originally Posted by family man

Ok, you removed the radiator shield. Was the hood aligning correctly before that? When you removed the shield, did you remove the 2 torq driven screws? If you did, those adjust the hieght of the nose.

I never really payed much attention to it, figured it was perfect since I just bought it.

[bw26ss]

your grill is probably popped out where it snaps into the bumper, this allows the top part of the bumper to come up, had this happen to mine

[SimpleGreen]

You need to loosen up those two torx head screws. You tightened them down too far. Accidentally did that myself last week. Its just fine now.

[AmericanMuscleCars]

Originally Posted by SimpleGreen

You need to loosen up those two torx head screws. You tightened them down too far. Accidentally did that myself last week. Its just fine now.

I don't know what I will do I think I will just take it to the dealer, see whats up with it. It'll give me an excuse to drive it!

[family man]

Under the torq screws are metal tabs used as stops. When you loosen or tighten the screws you raise or lower the top of the front facia, or nose. I found this out last week when I installed an SS emblem.

[AmericanMuscleCars]

Originally Posted by family man

Under the torq screws are metal tabs used as stops. When you loosen or tighten the screws you raise or lower the top of the front facia, or nose. I found this out last week when I installed an SS emblem.

Well I had to take the radiator shield off to add on my under glow and grille lighting. Taking it to the dealer sometime this week.

[AmericanMuscleCars]

Fixed it, well the dealer did, they just had to adjust the hood latch

[usranger80]

Originally Posted by AmericanMuscleCars

Fixed it, well the dealer did, they just had to adjust the hood latch

Is, uh .... I told you so, acceptable here without being offensive?

[AmericanMuscleCars]

Originally Posted by usranger80

Is, uh .... I told you so, acceptable here without being offensive?

Yeah, I just stayed up trying to fix it and couldn't figure out how to, so I just brought it to the dealer.

[usranger80]

No worries, glad you got it fixed, I know frustrating it can be.