aight, so i bought my itr and it came w/ a carbon fiber hood. it wasn't installed when i picked it up. but the guy said that it has been installed before and fits good. well, i tried to put it on this afternoon and one side sits closer to the fender than the other side. my friend who has a c.f. hood on his g2 teg said that you can just loosen up the screws and adjust it. i tried to do that, but it doesn't really move any at all. here's some pics...





thanks in advace for any help! or if there's anyone nearby that wants to come over and give me a hand, that would be great! also gotta install the hood pins!


[Modified by Hunter, 8:14 PM 9/20/2002]

 

give it to me and forget the whole thing ever happened

 

yeah u gotta adjust it. that gap is really really big right now. if you can't do it, bring it to a body shop and they'll fix it up.

btw, don't get hoodpins. get the hoodlocks. basically their hoodpins, but they're locks.

 

whoa... that's bad. Good luck man.

 

oh ok, u sure it's alright if i do that?!

i tried to adjust it to get rid of the gap, but it doesn't really move either way.

any info on exactly how to adjust it?

 

Loosen all the bolts and try messing around with the hood until it fits the way you want it. If that doesn't work you can use a dremel type tool to make the screw holes on the latch of the car bigger to allow more room for movement.

 

if you can't make it sit straight with the factory bolts, i guarantee a local body shop will be happy to help you out, wouldnt be expensive at all i think....

 

awww man now I am not so sure about getting a hood if it is so much trouble. Please post some pix of your car when you get it fix. I have a white integra too and would like to see how your car will come out looking. TIA

 

i had the same problem when i had my jdm front installed. what u have to do is make the holes where u bolt up the hood to the hodd latches bigger. meaning u have to drill them out a little. that defiently should do it.

BTW what kind of hood is that? it looks like a VIS but it could be a Fiber images.

if its a fiber images get rid of it. Thats just my opinion but all the ones ive seen look like crap and never seem to fit right,.

 

i actually really don't know what kind of hood it is. they guy i bought the arrrr from just threw it in w/ the car. he didn't know what it was either. he got it from a dude that owed him some money. is there anyway you can tell what kind it is? cuz it doesn't have any kind of brand name on it anywhere. thanks for the advice on straightening it up. anything else i can try before i make the hood hinge holes bigger?

 

anyone else have any ideas or wanna come help me w/ it?

i guess i shoulda taken it to slopi this weekend and had the we-todds put it on for free beer.

 

What was poor with the fitment?

 

you can always loosen the bolts on your fender and move the fender in or out then tighten.

 

Unless you care about resale value of your car, never turn fender bolts / body bolts.

 

heres mines, hope it helps
http://members.aol.com/civiccoupe1994/mycar/sigpic.jpg

 

Thanks for the pix. I think I will get a hood. Soon but not right now. Kind of low on cash. What kind do you have? No hood pins?

 

Adjust the hood latch as best as you can. When I first had my FI hood it sorta looked like that. I adjusted the hell out of everything to make it fit good. Try adjusting the little rubber stub things up and down on each side or the radiator support(dont know the real name). I would also pick up a stock rubber gasket. The one that goes around the front edge. If you hood doesnt have holes for it, just epoxy it on. Th gasket will make it look 10x better and keep water from coming into you engine bay when it rains.

Here is how my old hood looked.






[Modified by Big Teggie, 12:38 PM 9/22/2002]

 

It looks like it could fit right. Just play around with it somemore.

 

it is VIS as well and no hood pins, they may go on today depends on how lazy i am
had it for about 2 months with no pins and took it past 100
i didnt have to adjust my hood latch
jus played with the bolts a little bit, my driver side has a little more gap then my passenger side though, but you can only tell if your **** about it

 

hunter..... just burn it go the ground

"it's hot"

 

you should be able to get that fitting much better..............save the headache and take it to a bodyshop

 

lol, how about we burn that tray sliding saturn to the ground?

 

Holy crap hunter! First painting the Civic, and now the CF hood?!?! You better let Parker rock it to school tomorrow


[Modified by pat86, 8:29 PM 9/22/2002]

 

rock what?

 

I meant your Type R with the new CF hood, but the Civic will work too. (He's giving me a ride, since Pat = no car)


[Modified by pat86, 9:20 PM 9/22/2002]