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Old May 20, 2007 | 10:51 AM
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adjusting back hatch??

Well I'm somewhat new to 3rd gens and am not sure if my hatch is supposed to look like this, I know its messed up some. But what exactly is wrong and how do i fix it?
adjusting back hatch??-100_0332.jpg

adjusting back hatch??-100_0335.jpg

adjusting back hatch??-100_0336.jpg

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Old May 20, 2007 | 11:02 AM
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Re: adjusting back hatch??

hers is the other pic adjusting back hatch??-100_0331.jpg

also it seems to look nice and even along the top adjusting back hatch??-100_0337.jpg
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Old May 20, 2007 | 08:25 PM
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Re: adjusting back hatch??

anybody?
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Old May 20, 2007 | 11:56 PM
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Re: adjusting back hatch??

That's common, but there is a tech article here on how to fix that.
It walks you through removing and alligning the decklid to get proper fitment.
I've done it, just be careful and have some helpers.

https://www.thirdgen.org/hatchalign
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Old May 21, 2007 | 07:03 PM
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Re: adjusting back hatch??

ok, thank you very much
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