C/F Hood fitment off, how can it be fixed?

[SickCelica696]

I just put on my new hood and the left side sits flush with the fender and headlight but the right side is above the fender by about 1/8" heres a pic to show you. http://www.newcelica.org/photopost/data/500/17834hood_018-med.jpg

Is there any way to fix this? maybe put spacers on the left side?

[SlicKcEliGTS]

Wut brand hood is that?

[celicat23]

Instead of making the left side look as crap as the right side, return the hood and get something that fits your car.

[SickCelica696]

it came off someone else's car, it fit fine on theirs, im wondering why its different for me

[SickCelica696]

ttt

[GTSJASON]

try moving the ajustable stops on that side. (some people call them hood bumpers)move it down some, that may help, but it looks like your hood is bowed.

edit: the ajustable stops are located on the stock hood there are 4 total. on each side there is one that touches near the strut towers, and one on the front that contacts the holes that are in the engine plastics near the radiator.

[ragingpaseo]

here is another way to do this, you can use hood pins and make the stud sit lower on the left, hence the pins will force the hood down further...

[SickCelica696]

i kinda had it on an angle during transport, could i have warped it like that?, maybe i should just set it out and put some gentle weight on it to even it out again..

[ragingpaseo]

eh, no...it's fiber glass...sure you want to do that???

[SickCelica696]

The hood pin trick worked, its not off by much really, I just set the right hood pin a tad lower

[ragingpaseo]

good job dude...

[TRD-CELICA-GT02]

The hood is warped, good to hear that you temporarily fixed the problem.

[SickCelica696]

when i set it on the ground though its perfectly level. doesnt rock at all. I'm gonna look under my hood if its hitting something

[evil eye]

My C-One hood has the same problem, believe it or not. I feel that it warped during shipping. It's not so noticeable to other unless I point it out, but I notice it, and it bothers the hell out of me. Especially after I saw SLOWICA's hood fit perfectly when I was at HIN this weekend.

[SickCelica696]

just the slight pressure on the front fixes it. So it wouldn't be noticable unless the hoodpins wernt being used. Actually I started saving for the C-One hood because I assured myself that the fitment would be 110% absolutley perfect for $1200

[evil eye]

Right, I know if I used hood pins it would fix the problem. I feel that my alarm switch is what's causing the problem. I don't know about you, but my factory Toyota alarm has a push switch (not sure if that's what it's called) mounted on the driver side fender that gets pushed down when the hood closes. Now that I have a lighter hood, the push switch is stronger and doesn't go all the way down when the hood is closed. As a matter of fact, when I push the hood down on that side, I hear the squeak from the switch going up and down. I'll try removing it and see what happens.