2G Huge Bumper and hood gap and small bumper light gap

[Dawson159]

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I have a pretty big gap between my front bumper and hood and a smaller gap between my left headlight and bumper. There are a lot of threads on the headlight/bumper gap but I couldn’t find any about the hood/bumper gap. Is there a way to fix it? Is the bumper the problem or is it the hood? Check out the pics

 

[motomattx]

Lower the bump stops on the core support, have your hood pins pull the hood down farther by adjusting them, find out why the latch if its still there is not pulling the hood down far enough. You can try putting a stock hood on to see if the gap is gone, you might just have a poorly made hood, it happens and even when you get a good one they dont usually fit as tight as the factory hood.

 

[PlanZero]

Agreed. Why oh why are you parking a car with a cf hood outside?!? I realize you have a cheap aftermarket bumper cover which adds to the problem especially if you didn't clip it everywhere like under the headlights. Chances are the front end isn't straight if the bumper cover was replaced. Lower or remove the bump stops on the drivers side.

What I did for my hood gap was loosen all the middle bumper bolts and put a strip of this thick self adhesive weather strip (the black stuff from HD) under the lip then re bolted down just snug. Those old rusty bolts won't back out. This lifted the middle portion of the bumper up a bit to close the gap. I also put a strip across the front lip of the hood as well. It's much better but not as good as OEM.
The rad support is very soft metal and can be shaped by hand, but I wouldn't recommend messing with it unless your sure it's not straight. I straightened one after a fender bender by hooking the ends of a ratchet strap right under the lip in front of the rad, standing above the car and pulling up. You can also use the ratchet strap and a block of wood.

The majority of 20 year old front ends aren't perfectly straight and almost all mid grade "cf" hoods leave a gap. Are you even using the stock latch? That gap looks huge. I can't imagine the aerodynamic effects.

 

[Jacolu3]

Maybe if he removes his factory hood latch it will lower the middle of the hood. Might be pushing it up if it’s just sitting on the latch.