Re-aligning hood?

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Desire1314
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I guess I messed up the alignment of hood one day when i left my nano sitting under it, near where the strut tower bar is (that little gap) and closed the hood. It only left a little blemish on my nano, surprisingly didn't crack it or anything, Guess I shouldn't keep the reefer anywhere nearby when working on the car... :picard:

How would you go about re-aligning the hood? Would I have to take it off?

You can see the gap between my hood and bumper in the center.
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That small gap is on all Altima Coupe's that I've seen.

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Really? I've never noticed it until after that incident.

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yep mine has it too, stock bumper.

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:werd:

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Lay of the ganga man!

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there's two rubber stoppers near the front of the hood which can be adjusted. if you want the hood to sit lower you can screw the stoppers all the way in, unless they're already fully in. my car is uneven, one of them is all the way in and one is halfway in to make it straight.

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I'll give that a try, thanks for the help.

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Blackmobile wrote:there's two rubber stoppers near the front of the hood which can be adjusted. if you want the hood to sit lower you can screw the stoppers all the way in, unless they're already fully in. my car is uneven, one of them is all the way in and one is halfway in to make it straight.
Sweet, I'm doing it. Minor aerodynamic improvements ftw!

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IBCoupe wrote:
Blackmobile wrote:there's two rubber stoppers near the front of the hood which can be adjusted. if you want the hood to sit lower you can screw the stoppers all the way in, unless they're already fully in. my car is uneven, one of them is all the way in and one is halfway in to make it straight.
Sweet, I'm doing it. Minor aerodynamic improvements ftw!

OMF i never even noticed the stoppers. TY lol.

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my s*** horribly aligned its actually sitting so close to the fender you can only slide a piece of paper between it its horrible. The guy who redid my car after the accident did a horrible job.......i hate stupid people who own shops and dont even know wtf there doing

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oh and imo smoking when working on your car + horrible idea i fd up my dash doing this and other s*** i think lol like my door is dented bc i opened it into a damn pole atthe gas station lol f that s*** no more for me.......need to just not do that save it for chillin or partyin hahahaa


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