89Trooper
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I put this as a reply in another thread, but wanted to post it here, too. I spent a good two hours trying to adjust the hood latch to make the hood close easier to no avail.
Turns out it was just because the bumpers were turned out WAY too high.
I turned each one down about three turns. Then I could close the hood easier, and the hood gap was fixed!
But now the hood moved up and down a little after latching, so I just kept turning the bumpers back out, little by little, until they just touched.
The bumpers being too high caused both issues:
1. The hood was hard to close and was basically just bouncing off the bumpers instead of latching.
2. When the hood would finally close, the bumpers were pushing up against the hood, slightly bending it, and making the gap wider than it should have been.
You can even see in this picture I posted yesterday that the gap was a little wide. But it looks better now!
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Turns out it was just because the bumpers were turned out WAY too high.
I turned each one down about three turns. Then I could close the hood easier, and the hood gap was fixed!
But now the hood moved up and down a little after latching, so I just kept turning the bumpers back out, little by little, until they just touched.
The bumpers being too high caused both issues:
1. The hood was hard to close and was basically just bouncing off the bumpers instead of latching.
2. When the hood would finally close, the bumpers were pushing up against the hood, slightly bending it, and making the gap wider than it should have been.
You can even see in this picture I posted yesterday that the gap was a little wide. But it looks better now!
.
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