Hood: Adjustments

Hood Alignment

1. NOTE: To adjust the hood, the hood latch must be removed.

Remove the hood latch.

2. NOTE: It is not possible to adjust the rear of the hood to the height of the fender.

Loosen the hood hinge-to-hood bolts approximately one half of a turn.

3. Adjust the hood so that the rear edges of the fender and the edge of the hood line up.

4. Adjust the clearances with the LH and RH fenders.
- The clearances with the fenders must be the same width on the LH and RH sides.





5. Tighten the hood hinge-to-hood bolts.
- Tighten to 11 Nm (97 lb-in).

6. NOTE: The hood must rest uniformly on both bump stop rubbers.

Adjust the front of the hood to the height of the fenders.

- Adjust the hood to the height of the fenders with the bump stop rubbers.





7. NOTE: The clearances and edge alignment must be correct before the hood latch is installed.

Install the hood latch.

- The hood latch must be installed so that the hood engages without stress and the clearances on the LH and RH sides are not changed.