Hood: Adjustments

HOOD

The hood bolt holes are elongated for fore and aft and side-to-side adjustment.
1. If hood is low to the cowl panel, insert shims between the hinge and hood at the rear hinge bolts.

Fig. 3:

2. Adjust the hood bumper (Fig. 3) in or out to provide proper hood-to-fender height alignment.

Fig. 4:

3. Adjust the hood strikers (Fig. 4) with shims as necessary. Tighten the screws to 22 N.m (16 ft.lbs) torque after adjustment.
4. Align each latch and striker so that the striker enters latch squarely.