12-14-2015, 03:32 PM | #1 |
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Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Toms River, NJ
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Align fender/hood
I recently crashed my truck. My fault, slow speed crash, did some damage to the driver's side fender. The hood was up when I crashed and it wouldn't close after the crash. It would come all the way down, but it wasn't lined up with the latch in the rad support. I assumed it was because the fender bowed out a little bit and since the hinge is attached to it, it pulled it out with it.
I found an aftermarket fender color matched in my area for a good price, so i picked it up. I put the fender on my truck and got the gaps lined up great by the cab. I am running into some issues with the screws up front where the rad support bolts up to the fender. I got 3 of the 5 screws in (the top 3) and the other 2 are off by an inch or so. Also, the hood will not close now. It is off to the point where it would hit the fender on the driver's side if I closed it. Is my issue with the hood springs or should I be able to correct it by loosening the hinges and adjusting them? Also, for bolting up the fender to the rad support, should I loosen up the rad support to adjust it? |
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