Hood Rubbing - Suggestions?

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Eavamnba
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Now that my car is back and in almost new condition - one last thing bothering me which probably isn't worth fixing but thought you guys might have some suggestions.

Last year hit some black ice, slid and very lightly hit a snow bank. Was fast enough that it put a minor crack in the bumper which was repairable but the only thing is that I guess it pushed the fender in just a little bit that now the hood rubs against it whenever I open it at the at the top passenger corner by the windshield.

Any suggestions on correcting this?


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SVTCOBRA
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Are you sure that it's not just that your hood hinge has gone bad??
My pass. side hood hinge went bad and would rub the corner of the fender when you would open it.
I had to pull up on the hood at the hinge while somebody else opened the hood to get it not to rub.
I bought a new hinge from Infiniti for around $32, primed and painted it with rattle cans and installed it.
Very ez to do. Common problem with the G hinges.

You could check it by opening the hood, have somebody support it at the pass hinge, remove the nuts at the hood, and see how ez it is to move the hinge disconnected from the hood. A new one is very ez to move. My bad one was very difficult to move.

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I had to replace my hood hinges in Nov 09 at 101600 miles

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My pass. side went south at around 65k
When I was looking at used G coupes a few years ago, I came across one where the hood rubbed the fender as I opened it....I assumed that the car had front end work and walked away. Was probably just the hinge.


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