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Old Mar 16, 2004 | 12:05 AM
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Front fascia sitting slightly lower than hood

I'm not sure if fascia is the right term, but the whoel front of my car sits slightly lower than the hood and it just PISSES me off.

Have any of you encountered this? Is there a fix to it?
Old Mar 16, 2004 | 12:07 AM
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Can you screw those little plactic things at the front cornors of the hood up/down.
Old Mar 16, 2004 | 12:09 AM
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I was under the impression that they were just two piece clips, not screws.
Old Mar 16, 2004 | 01:15 AM
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Mine has the same poor fit. The other guy is telling you to adjust your hood lower. The facisa needs to "come up", somehow.
Old Mar 16, 2004 | 03:03 AM
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Is the hood higher than the fenders 2 on the corners? I had that same problem and just lowered the latch and the 2 little corner posts a bit until it lined up.
Old Mar 16, 2004 | 06:14 AM
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Well you can tell that its not that the hood is too high, the black outside of the headlights have little gaps behind them and i can slightly lift up the front fascia and it will look fine... what gives?
Old Mar 16, 2004 | 02:55 PM
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Did ya roll up on a curb too hard or something? I'd check all the braces and stuff behind the bumper cover and see if something rattled loose or if it's bent. That's the only thing I can think of. Take some pic's of everything and see if someone can chime in. Wish I could help more sorry.
Old Mar 16, 2004 | 06:38 PM
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I'll try to take pictures when I can... hopefully within a day or two, its already dark out though. And actually my brother did do something like that while it was still his car.
Old Mar 16, 2004 | 07:02 PM
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I have a firebird so I dont know if its different or not, but try sticking some washers in between the nose clip and the front brace it mounts to to move it up a bit. just pop the clips out and slide them between and pop them back in, should move it up a little bit (worked for me where mine was low)
Old Mar 16, 2004 | 07:07 PM
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Yeah, all you need to do is shim the top mounts up. Everywhere the top of it mounts, put washers or shims, something to space it out, between the "facia" and the whole the screw bolts into. Just raises the mounting point.
Old Mar 21, 2004 | 02:17 PM
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Well I finally was able to take some pics.

http://www.geocities.com/icptwztd8239/gap.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/icptwztd8239/Bracket.JPG
This one has an explanation
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