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Hood alignment

GerGer
Hi Folks,
CMC
been playing around with body panel alignment prior to paint.

Doors and engine cover fit well with good gaps sometimes adjusted by "removing" some material, but I'm having a problem with the hood.....

Fit is "OK" apart from the bottom left area where it sits about 1/4" low....I've messed around with hinges, adding spacers, removing adjusting etc. Still no joy.

I bought a bunch of different thickness foam seals and by varying seals left to right and pushing hard, I can improve fit, but its still not great.....Any suggestions?

Should I add some filler to bring up the level?

(I should point out that a while ago I managed to break one of the cast hinge assemblies....I recut the profile in steel)

 

 

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GerGer
Hi Folks,
CMC
been playing around with body panel alignment prior to paint.

Doors and engine cover fit well with good gaps sometimes adjusted by "removing" some material, but I'm having a problem with the hood.....

Fit is "OK" apart from the bottom left area where it sits about 1/4" low....I've messed around with hinges, adding spacers, removing adjusting etc. Still no joy.

I bought a bunch of different thickness foam seals and by varying seals left to right and pushing hard, I can improve fit, but its still not great.....Any suggestions?

Should I add some filler to bring up the level?

(I should point out that a while ago I managed to break one of the cast hinge assemblies....I recut the profile in steel)
oldyeleroldyeler
Yes!! fiberglass will move and stretch . Add a foam filler in the bad spot and close it for a week or two. If you can let it set in the the sun a few days,, also helps it stretch

I have one more peace of advise .

Make your forward door cracks a hair wider than the rest,, as the car ages they will chance shape and that area is prone to touch sooner or later causing chips on the edges..
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