Really

quick scenario:

Hood will not latch, the latch on the actual hood sits FORWARD of the hood unlock mechanism on the car. I don't have a picture at the moment.

The hood mechanism is functioning properly, the hood hinges are also straight, the body is straight and there has been no tweaking of the frame what so ever.

I got this car used, and the hood was latched closed, I've popped it and closed it multiple times but one day it just didn't line up anymore. It's like the hood is too long for the car? If that makes any sense.

This is confusing, everything lines up the way it should EXCEPT the actual latch in the front of the hood.

I've replaced the hinges and also hood latch on the car itself, same results.

 

Either the rad-support has been pushed back on account of a frontal collision, or the hood is aftermarket. Or both.

 

Even if the rad support has been pushed in, the latch mechanism is lined up the way it's supposed to be. Also the bumper/fenders all line up how they should.

There aren't any coupe integras at junk yards near me so I can't swap out the hood.

 

slam the **** out of it I've had cars where you needed to do that see if it catches, chances are its the hood for what ever reason the area it "loops" over the latch is big idk why it isn't caching there's and inch of room.

 

Then something was wrong. None of them ever left the factory that way.

 

an old Honda with a gummed up latch and my white tegg after the crash were what I meant. you just needed to slam it to get it too catch even after I did the jdm front way back.

 

No way slamming it will do anything.

That "looped" part (on the hood itself), literally goes PAST the latching mechanism. I have to get pictures of it tomorrow, raining like **** out here right now.

Replacing the hood is probably what I'll do, the entire frond end (except bumper support/frame/whatever) is perfectly fine. You can tell there was some front end damage but the bumper took all of the damage.

Like I said before, the hood was actually closed, and I've opened/closed it multiple times when I first got the car. Not until I opened it ALL the way did it not line back up.

 

Well, why didn't you say that at the beginning? All you said originally was: "I've popped it and closed it multiple times but one day it just didn't line up anymore." That's very different.

If the hood suddenly moved forward when you opened it all the way, I suspect something has got bent in the area of the hinges. Go check there.

Does the rear edge of the hood still line up with the corners of the fenders?
Does the hood still have its EPA sticker on the underside?

 

Post some pics already!

 

pics....

 

Alright, alright...pics will be coming in a little over an hour when I get home. I'll take pics of the hood when it's "closed", and other parts of interest.

The hinges are not the problem, I've replaced them with junk yard hinges and the result is still the same.

Edit - pics in OP

 

Only thing i can think of is the latch on the hood bent forward when you popped the hood, try a donor hood from the junk yard to see what happens, drive there with no hood and install one there if it fits buy it haha

 

Where is the bumper skin?

 

I removed the front bumper to see if the rad support was jacked...I haven't put it back on yet. This is a project, not a daily driver, it isn't even registered.

 

Then you have no idea if the rad support is in the proper place. I'm convinced it's been pushed back by the collision.

Re-install the bumper and skin. If you end up with an "overbite", where the hood front-edge overhangs the bumper instead of leaving room for the gasket, then the rad support is pushed back.

 

This x10.


that looks fucked, I hit someone going 20 when I was going 60kp/h and even then I only had the red support pushed down not IN. who ever fixed it pulled it up and in there should be other signs it has been dented look under the bulk of the support there are little support bars that will surly be bent or removed.

 

The bumper has been on the car for a long *** time now, I just recently took it off. Nothing is out of alignment or anything like that.

I've attached a picture of the front end BEFORE THIS HOOD ISSUE HAPPENED...but please note that there has been no accidents or anything like that. One day it sat as pictured here, then all of a sudden the hood was jacked.

 

That's interesting. I notice that you have deleted your original mention of a collision where the bumper "took all of the impact", and that's how you concluded that there was nothing bent in the rad-support area.

You've changed your story at least twice now, on two important points.

Plus, that hood has quite an overbite, and the bumper skin is sitting way too low. That puppy has been in a frontal.

 

I've deleted something and changed my story? Wtf are you talking about?

I got the car months ago...the hood would open and close just fine when I test drove AND when I started to mess around with it at home.

Like I said, when I opened it ALL the way (where the hood stands up vertical) then tried to close it, the alignment was off. It wouldn't latch shut after this point.

The rad support and all other "frame" is straight and good, the only issue is the bumper support which took a hit...as I stated before. BUT, nothing else is out of alignment.

So yea, read it again.

 

Maybe it has something to do with hinges but i know you said it was replaced and still have the same issue, id really look it over in that area, maybe something shifted or bent when you propped it up vertical.

 

I just had a closer look at those pics our bad-tempered OP has posted.

The hood seems to not only stick out too far forwards, but ALSO to run past the rear edge of the fenders.

Back at the beginning I suggested that the hood may be aftermarket, and asked the OP if the hood still had its EPA sticker on its underside. OP never answered that question.

If the rad support has NOT been pushed back by a collision, and if the hinges have NOT got bent somehow, then there is only one other alternative: The hood is aftermarket and is too long.