My '92 Z28 I just purchased has a gap between the hood and the top of the front bumper that's about 1/2" bigger than it should be. The bump stops under the hood are adjust all the way to their lowest point, can't think of any other way to close this gap up? Almost thought about a coil off the metal spring on the underside of the hood to make the gap go away...but I'm not sure how that will work out lol.

Any suggestions?

 

the hood latch adjusts down

at the top of the bumper inside the engine compartment there is several bolts you have to loosen up and pull the bumper cover up

 

If you need help I can show you, Im in santa ana.. but there are bolts that have to be loosened underneath the cover. It usually has nothing to with the hood. I actually did mine a couple days ago

 

Loosen the two 13mm bolts that hold the hood latch on and move it down. If you need more downward movement loosen the the latch mounting panel and move that down. There really isnt that much movement in the bumper cover brackets themselves, sounds to me that its more in the latch. How does the hood pop when you pull the handle. Does it pop up or does it just kinda lift a little and is tough to open. A properly adjusted hood should have a pretty good pop to it when the handle is pulled.

 

there is a ton of movement on the bumper brackets, I havent killed my short term memory that bad. I dicked around with the hood forever and it created more problems. Moving the latch down is what makes the hood not pop up.

 

Cutting the spring isn't going to make anything better. If the hood is sitting flush with the tops of the fenders in the front, then the latch is probably in the right spot. Still I'd first look at the hood latch as a simple adjustment, but most often hood latches don't move, bumpers get "bumped" and that can knock things out of alignment. Fortunately there is some adjustment built in to the bumpers.

 

Thanks everyone! Used a lil of each of your suggestions and it minimized the gap just how I wanted. Thanks again!

 

show some before and after pics and how you ended up doing it so others can get a feel of how to do it