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> Alignment of Hood, Headlight and Eyebrows, Any thoughts, procedures or guidelines?
jack20
post May 16 2015, 11:44 PM
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Hello,
My car is a 74, has had no body damage and appears very straight. The only problem is uneven gaps in the headlight area. Has anyone come up with a logical sequence of alignment of the three components mentioned in the thread title? I have gone at this three times now and always end up with unsatisfactory results.
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I am working this problem right now - I have EVERYTHING lined up perfectly with the exception of the LEFT (when facing forward) eye-brow.

I have new nipples (thank you 914rubber), the part fits perfectly -however- the headlight cover hits the innermost corner of the eyebrow.

I have tried to:
- adjust the headlight mounting via the inner/outer hex-bolts
- move, in a very small way, the headlight covers (perhaps a mil)
- bending the mounting bracket to try and move the eye-brow forward.

There was never any damage to the front of the car. None of the assemblies were rebuilt due to rust which may have moved the mount points, etc.. This is a real puzzle?????

Will add pictures later today.

Has anyone had this perplexing experience?

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jack20   Alignment of Hood, Headlight and Eyebrows   May 16 2015, 11:44 PM
76-914   I set the hood first and lights last. Have you tri...   May 17 2015, 08:03 AM
jack20   I set the hood first and lights last. Have you tr...   May 17 2015, 08:32 AM
r_towle   I set the hood first and lights last. Have you tr...   May 17 2015, 08:18 PM
toolguy   There are no 'eyebrow' brackets, only the ...   May 17 2015, 09:23 AM
Johny Blackstain   There are no 'eyebrow' brackets, only the...   May 17 2015, 09:32 AM
r_towle   Hood first, check gaps at fender and cowl...get th...   May 17 2015, 09:36 AM
altitude411   :agree: You see so many w/ hoods that aren't...   May 17 2015, 10:51 AM
mepstein   :agree: You see so many w/ hoods that aren...   May 17 2015, 01:02 PM
Kansas 914   It's up to you but the rubber grommets are t...   May 17 2015, 01:44 PM
pilothyer   An article here on The World by Sir Andy may help ...   May 17 2015, 11:38 AM
altitude411   Are your kidding me? :idea: ... maybe I should rem...   May 17 2015, 02:17 PM
RARE 6   Just about to wrap up reassembly of my -6 after a ...   May 17 2015, 10:08 PM
altitude411   http://shop.914rubber.com/914-Eyebrow-grom...of-6-...   May 17 2015, 10:13 PM
RARE 6   http://shop.914rubber.com/914-Eyebrow-grom...of-6...   May 17 2015, 11:33 PM
PanelBilly   Keep in mind that you can alter the arch of the ho...   May 17 2015, 10:22 PM
mbseto   Are your kidding me? :idea: ... maybe I should re...   May 18 2015, 06:58 AM
altitude411   :unsure: Hey guy's I appreciate the concern...   May 18 2015, 07:11 AM
Kansas 914   :unsure: Hey guy's I appreciate the concer...   May 18 2015, 07:57 AM
altitude411   :headbang: :screwy: Ok, enough. Please, I'v...   May 18 2015, 08:08 AM
Kansas 914   :headbang: :screwy: Ok, enough. Please, I...   May 18 2015, 12:39 PM
RobW   The head lights adjust more than you think. Like o...   May 18 2015, 08:29 AM
jack20   As always, you have provided great information...a...   May 18 2015, 10:56 AM
ctc911ctc   I am working this problem right now - I have EVERY...   Jan 30 2020, 09:24 AM


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