I have tried in vain to get my front trunk lid, fenders, and headlights aligned properly. No matter what I do, one or the other always seems crooked. I don't think that the car has ever been hit so I use the fenders as the reference standard. The hood looked straight in reference to the fenders so I moved the lights around to no avail. So then I moved the hood and now it all looks crooked. Any tips or tricks on how to line everything up? By the way, I also tried a search and came up empty.

You could try taking the narrowest gap, and widest gap, add them together, divide by two and make shims that thick. Loosen the hood attach bolts just enough to still allow movement with a medium amout of force. Close the hood, place the shims around the perimeter of the hood (a couple per side, and around the headlights and so forth). CAREFULLY pop the hood just enough for an assistant to get a socket on the bolts.

Never actually tried it, but it seems feasible

if the hood lines up with the fenders, leave it alone.

it's all in the headlights then. aligning those can be tricky ...

show us what you have so far!

Andy's got a point about the pictures....cause a picture's worth 914 words..

Okay...I'll just finish the Becks and go to bed

Kind of hard for me to get a good picture that really shows the problem well. Here's the driver's side.

Driver's side again

back off a little ...

give us the "bigger" picture.
Andy

Oh well. The "forum" isn't letting me post any of the other pics. I guess I'll try again later.