chazmcgee

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I searched and all that I was hitting is CF hood or Hood strut threads.
I am currently having a problem swapping hoods I can only make 3 Bolts line up I started with the ones that were the furthest from the windshield then moved in on the ones by the windshield and its shady. Any help required, and I am sorry if anyone comes behind me with a sticky or a searched thread.

pmohr

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You are leaving them loose until you have them all in, correct?

Other than that, no special tricks.

JtzMax

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Like Pmohr said, leave them loose untill you get all of them started. Keep the hood level as you start them. Your new hood may not line up as the old one did, so you may or may not be able to use the old marks to know where to tighten them up. You can use a bit of nail polish tho ...

Cover the bracket on the bottom side (where the bolt goes into the slider bracket) and start your bolts. Be carefull not to slide the hood too much or you will wear all the polish off before you know where it lines up. Start your bolts and hand tighten them - don't torque them down yet. Close the hood and make sure it's lined up proper like. Let it set for a few moments (long enough for the polish to dry). Pop the hood, tighten the bolts and your done. You should be able to see where the polish is worn off through the bolt hole and know where the bolts should go in the slider bracket because the polish is rubbed off.

Hope this might help ....

GStrength

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It may be slightly difficult to line but u can get it done, you will most likely definitely have to trick around with it until you get it lined up with the new one, thats why if you were going to use the old hood, its recommended to mark the correlation.