hey guys.i have a 91 crx si......i bought a carbon fiber hood,got home.put it on but the left side (driverside) doesnt line up to the fender, that side of the hood stays up....y?.the right side lines up perfect and it closes but the leftside stays up..can n e 1 please help me,really appreciate it..thanks

 

Sounds like you bought a shitty cf hood.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by efrex &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">hey guys.i have a 91 crx si......i bought a carbon fiber hood,got home.put it on but the left side (driverside) doesnt line up to the fender, that side of the hood stays up....y?.the right side lines up perfect and it closes but the leftside stays up..can n e 1 please help me,really appreciate it..thanks</TD></TR></TABLE>

a lot of them are like that, mine <U>was</U> like that...you could use hood pins to even it out or you could just put something underneath the side that goes down too much...i did it with my cf hood and **** looks good now, only i knew about its past, untill now...

 

thats what i didnt wanna do,is use hood pins.when i press on the side thats lifted,feels like its gonna break....so alot of cf hoods r like this? if i knew this,i would've kept the oem hood.has n e else had this problem,if so.what did u guys do?...........well ima go out there and keep on tryin to get it right..thanks

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by efrex &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">thats what i didnt wanna do,is use hood pins.when i press on the side thats lifted,feels like its gonna break....so alot of cf hoods r like this? if i knew this,i would've kept the oem hood.has n e else had this problem,if so.what did u guys do?...........well ima go out there and keep on tryin to get it right..thanks</TD></TR></TABLE>

putting any hole in a cf hood is dangerous...i've never seen it happen but i've been told it can change the color from black to a greenish...i guess if you want to keep the cf hood and you don't want to put holes in it, just put something underneath the hood to prop it up (something small and is kinda soft)...

let me know how it turns out!

one more thing, nothing flamable...

 

yeah my cousin bought a vis hood, and it was horrible. the alignment was off, and it was even warped. if you can, try to check out the hood before you buy it.

 

https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1184204 like that?

 

so my frame is not straight? my car has a salvaged title but when i bought the car 2 years ago.the previous owner told me it was due to theft

 

could be a number of things could just be that your radiator support is bent. the part where the hood latches on too

 

I had to remove a few of those threaded rubber bump stops to get mine lined up.
Still is high on the drivers side when the hood is closed but after a freeway drive it's lined up.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by eda6 &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">I had to remove a few of those threaded rubber bump stops to get mine lined up.
Still is high on the drivers side when the hood is closed but after a freeway drive it's lined up. </TD></TR></TABLE>
what rubber bump stops? i may have the same prob - only on driver's side

^like this?^
...I just thought the hood joint bent after having it left up for a while when my car was incompacitated. Maybe the rubber stops may work...

 

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what rubber bump stops?</TD></TR></TABLE>

You can adjust or remove these to make the hood line up better. Twist left or right to adjust the height.