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Hood Latch Adjustment

Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 3:55 pm
by jonnymopar
My hood has a significant amount of play in it and it doesn't look like it's latched all the way down, even though it is. I know there's a way to adjust the height of the latch, but I can't find it in the service manual or by looking at the car. Anybody know?

Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 4:29 pm
by fixitmattman
Adjust the black hood adjusters, sounds like they're too high.

Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 4:41 pm
by smiley
yea man u need to adjust them, just screw them down until u got the right fitment

heres a really old picture for reference

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Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 4:54 pm
by jonnymopar
No, it's the opposite that's happening. When both stages of the hood latch are locked (I can feel both distinct clicks), the hood itself is still too high. Right now, with the hood completely latched, it's not even touching those two black bumpers you guys are talking about. There's about 1/4" of play in the hood when it's fully closed. I've got those black bumpers backed out a bit to stop the damn thing from rattling, but it's easily seen that the hood is up too far.

Posted: Sat Nov 21, 2009 5:00 pm
by Mopar00Neon
Two 10mm bolts that hold the hood latch to the core support. Loosen them, and adjust it down.

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 4:09 am
by Swordfish2Cowboy
Mopar00Neon wrote:Two 10mm bolts that hold the hood latch to the core support. Loosen them, and adjust it down.
Yep.

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 9:22 am
by farmboy
what they said. ^^

Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 4:46 pm
by occasional demons
:withstupid:

Just did that last night. The body shop had the height correct, but the latch was high enough to let the hood rattle with every bump.

I just tweaked it down a litte. A PITA working through the latch handle hole, on a Kaminai front bumper...