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HELP PLEASE ~ CB7 Hood Not Closing All The Way

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    HELP PLEASE ~ CB7 Hood Not Closing All The Way

    Hello all! Not sure if this is the correct spot to post this so forgive me if not. I really need some help from you guys, the hood on my 91 accord has always been hard to close, I have to drop it from a decent height for it to fully close.

    Now that I have put a hood bra on the car it doesn't want to close all the way. I have tried fully cleaning the latch system multiple times and lubricating, raising the latch system as far as it will go, and also lowered the rubber hood bumpers as far as they can with no luck. There isn't any rust from what I can see on the latches or cable.

    Does anyone have any similar situations or advice for me? Any help would be greatly appreciated so that I can close my hood without slamming it like an animal lol.
    Tags: cb7, cb7 accord, hood, hood bra, hood latch
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    Ya, I'm in the same boat. All you can do is the things you listed already. I think the real culprit here is the hood latch and how far up it will go. If you wanted to you could shave a few mm off the holes to allow it to move up more. I have the hood deflector / headlight shields / and grill which all get in the way of it closing. But mine will close if I give it a good push, haven't had to make holes larger etc.
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      Thank so much Raf99 for your suggestion! I shaved off a couple mm's from the latch mounting plate bolt holes and sure enough after reassembling everything I was able to raise it enough. Now my hood closes smoothly like butter!

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        Originally posted by FrankDerizzy View Post
        Thank so much Raf99 for your suggestion! I shaved off a couple mm's from the latch mounting plate bolt holes and sure enough after reassembling everything I was able to raise it enough. Now my hood closes smoothly like butter!
        NP! Sounds like I should take my own advice here too. I have to give mine a good push.

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