Looking for how to adjust hood center height

[HoosierDaddy]

I remember seeing a thread a while back that showed how to adjust hood front center height but can't find it now. Can't find something elsewhere either.

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[Drewbo]

I remember seeing a thread a while back that showed how to adjust hood front center height but can't find it now. Can't find something elsewhere either.

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40731

 

[DropTopBob]

I raised the hood by adjusting the latch up to its highest position AND by placing washers under the catch attached to the hood. However the hood-to-bumper gap is narrow at the center and wider at both ends near the headlamps. There is no adjustment to fix that (shy of a body shop) which is why I have the Hood Bra.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

I raised the hood by adjusting the latch up to its highest position AND by placing washers under the catch attached to the hood. However the hood-to-bumper gap is narrow at the center and wider at both ends near the headlamps. There is no adjustment to fix that (shy of a body shop) which is why I have the Hood Bra.

Thanks.



Mine is not off a lot. I might try the washer. Or I might try lowering the ends instead and assumed they were just rubber caps on a stud that could be threaded in and out. But it doesn't look like the rubber comes off and when I reach under, its rubber there too, almost like a single piece of solid rubber or rubber coating.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

https://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=40731

Thanks.

Sorry for the delayed thanks. I didn't get the notice you posted in the thread. Saw yours after I got the notice for DropTopBobb's post.

 

[DropTopBob]

My hood is now level with the bumper at center and both ends but my problem is the gap is close at the center but noticeably wider at both ends. From everything I’ve found this cannot be adjusted and seems to be how the bumper cap was molded. I’ve seen other Mustangs with a close, even gap and others worse than mine! My hood bra conceals the unevenness.

The solid rubber bump stops at either end don’t affect the gap either way but after I adjusted them up about 3 turns each the dreaded hood-flutter at higher speeds was eliminated.

 

[HoosierDaddy]

My hood is now level with the bumper at center and both ends but my problem is the gap is close at the center but noticeably wider at both ends. From everything I’ve found this cannot be adjusted

Think you are right about that based on the how tos for R&R the bumper. I guess I should consider myself lucky my gaps are the same across the front.

The solid rubber bump stops at either end don’t affect the gap either way but after I adjusted them up about 3 turns each the dreaded hood-flutter at higher speeds was eliminated.

I can't figure out how to adjust them. Is it as simple as just twisting them by hand? I was looking for a way to pull the rubber cover off to access a lock nut.

 

[DropTopBob]

Yep, twist those rubber bump- stops by hand

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