How do you fix this, can you bend the hood ?? |
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How do you fix this, can you bend the hood ?? |
jsayre914 |
Oct 26 2008, 02:52 PM
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Speed Up !!! Group: Members Posts: 3,188 Joined: 10-February 08 From: Timonium MD 21093 Member No.: 8,696 Region Association: MidAtlantic Region |
My car was clipped befor I bought it. good possibility the front hood is not original. Respray... so is there a way to get it to line up at the corners. The middle is tight as possible, but the hood itself does not meet at either side, I dont want to try to bend it a little and then I need another hood. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/dry.gif)
anyone eles have this problem, how did you fix.. Attached image(s) |
sww914 |
Oct 26 2008, 04:50 PM
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I've done it many many times on many kinds of cars, in fact Markb and I did it to his rear trunk lid recently. It's scary but I have never ruined one. You put a short piece of 2X4 or 4X4 in the middle to block the hood up a bit and 2 people push down. It is important that one person mostly holds down and the other does most of the pushing. If both people push at the same time you can't feel what's going on and you have less control. Take your time, push a little bit, check your work, push a bit more and check it again.
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zambezi |
Oct 26 2008, 08:07 PM
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Senior Member Group: Members Posts: 711 Joined: 14-April 08 From: Lafayette, LA Member No.: 8,920 Region Association: South East States |
I've done it many many times on many kinds of cars, in fact Markb and I did it to his rear trunk lid recently. It's scary but I have never ruined one. You put a short piece of 2X4 or 4X4 in the middle to block the hood up a bit and 2 people push down. It is important that one person mostly holds down and the other does most of the pushing. If both people push at the same time you can't feel what's going on and you have less control. Take your time, push a little bit, check your work, push a bit more and check it again. +1 to that. I've done this same method a few times myself and it works. Go slow and check and recheck but you should be able to get it without paint or panel damage. JIM |
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