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I replaced the hood on my toyota corolla 1998 and while driving down the road the hood flew up. the hood was bent but not to bad, the hood hindges, and mounting brackets were bent pretty bad will I have to get another hood or just the hindges ?? How do I adjust the hood so it is lined up with the latch so it closes tightly
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Check the support arms for damage, they could have slightly twisted or bent causing the hood pins from lining up properly. You may need new support arms.
the hood is made of a pretty flexible Aluminum alloy, should be fairly easy to bend back, if there arent any creases. And the Hood Brackets are pretty simple to bend back, because they are made of a pretty maliable metal as well, you can probably use a hammer and wood block to bend it back. good luck, and dont bungee the hood any more! JK
Wow! That must have scared the heck out of her! Because the car is 16 years old, a new hood won't be available. Your best bet is to check a local auto salvage yard, most can try and locate one nationwide from other salvage yards, and have it shipped to them. Even that may be a bit difficult due to the cars age. Not a lot of demand for older car parts, so many yards crush up cars. That said, I still think you can find one, due to it being a common model, and many are still on the road. The problem will be the hood hinges. How badly they were bent, or damaged will not be evident until you try to bolt on a replacement hood, and have the job of lining things up, so it shuts properly, and is evenly spaced all around. Were the bolts attaching the hood to the hinges torn off? If they were, the bolts probably stripped the threads when yanked out. No way to tell from here, good luck on your project.
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