I got a new hood in today to fix the damage from an accadet a month or so ago... heres what it looked like...














I pull the old one off and drop on a new carbonfiber hood and its WAY off... it wont fully latch ad the side that had damage looks horrible... now the passenger side lines up fairly well.... pics:












Thoughts? any way for me to tell? or does it need to be taken a body shop for me to know anything

 

What hood is it and where u get it. I think u can adjust it at the bolts

 

Doubtful. The fender looks pretty jacked up too. Need a straight on shot.

 

the dent in the finder was from me... i fell agenst the car and did that a while back... ofcourse, there may have been damage from the PO... there was some slight waves in the hood.... ill see if i can take one but i dont know how well the flash will work

 

Pull the bumper off and take a very good look at the coresupport.


Also, 9 times out of 10 carbon fiber stuff lines up like complete ***.

 

Does it ever! I'll never put another piece of CF on my car exterior ever.

 

Agreed! It's better just to go oem and a hell of alot cheaper. If I was u sell the hood and buy fender and a hood.

 

ITs a carbonfiber creations hood... and it doesnt look like the bolts are adjustable


heres some "better" pics.... may have to wait for the sun to get any better

 

Usually there is some sort of slot or larger hole where it bolts(at hood or hinge) for slight adjustment u might be able to pull it forward or move the hood latch down to compensate for the gap but no promises.

 

You can adjust the hinge on the car. At least I can.


In some cases (mine) you have to make the holes bigger. I did, but my support is bent.

 

But! If the old hood came off without that much discrepancy in fitment, even with that small dent, the new one shouldn't be off THAT much. That's my thought process anyway.

 

i just think its odd that the side that didnt get hit fits almost perfect.... that side also when i bout the headlights, the drivers side didnt fit quite as well as the other... aleo there were some ripples in the hood on that side... didnt see them when i bought it... thats kinna why im leanign to somethings bent

 

Try this loosen up the fender bolts And try pushing the from towards the direction of the hood and tighten it might move the fender and the hood closer. And for the front lower the rubber hood stoppers

 

Now you know why body shop guys get paid a ****-ton to make vehicles look like new after an accident...

 

I've got a CF hood on my 98 EX and I hate it.. doesn't line up at all. Looks just like yours does, huge gap on one side and flush on the other.

 

been a while, but Though i would update...
Had a buddy come over to look at it. Turns out, where it got hit, the core support was bent in a good inch, inch and a half. Hes got a buddy that owns a body show and they let us barrow a frame clamp... that with a come-along and a concrete pole, i was able to pull it back to almost straight... could have got it perfect, but i was afraid of pulling it too far. Also, somthing that was keepign the hood from latching, was the hole around the latch hook wasnt quite big enough but i fixed that with a dremel in about 30 sec.... heres the after pic



Look liek it was slightly bent before, because the driver side headlight fits better than it ever has.

 

You can see the kink in the rad support on the open hood pic... but good work

 

Is the hood used? Looks like *** like it looks like a chunk is messed up in the front and in the last pick it looks sun killed.... I would never get another carbon fiber exterior thing. My top is cf and the Damn thing fits but its sun killed and the carbon fiber is starting to show like the protective top coat is like cracking a little bit and looks like ***

 

no, its new... one of the spots you are seeing is there a bit of a wave in the cf weave, its actually not as noticeable as it in is the pic.... and what do you mean by "sun killed"?

 

Good job on fixing it but if ur core support is bent that means front rails and aprons have been damaged as well. So bent frame to answer the question.

 

it was liek a 5mph or less hit and it still drives straight. Its not liek the impact was spread across the whole frontend, it was just that one little spot. Its the guys reece hitch that hit.

 

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