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Installed Terminator front bumper, hood won't close.

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  • Start date Start date Oct 29, 2009

georgio440

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Put it on, was excited, but the clearance on the Termi bumper is different, and now my damn hood won't close. What adjustments can I make to fix this? Thanks in advance for any help.
 

02nightmaregt

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What exactly is not allowing it to close? Pics would be helpful.
 

TOOLOW91

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being an assembler at a body shop in my experience, there should be no diffrence in size on the upper part of the bumper meaning where the grille wraps the head lights and underneath thats all just to the shape of the header panel.. did u fool with the hood latch or did it get hit and needs to be adjusted?
 

ErikTheBeast

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I know the GT hood is slightly longer than the Cobra hood and the Cobra bumper comes up a little bit higher than the GT bumper around the grill opening. Try adjusting the bumpstops up a little bit.
 

oxfordgt

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I take it you guys have never seen a 03-04 cobra bumper in person. The cobra bumper has elevated parts on either side of the grill. The cobra hood is indented to fit these. I can't remember the fix for it but I'm sure google can tell you.
 

oxfordgt

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See the space between the cobra hood and gt bumper.
View attachment 241129
 

TOOLOW91

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ahh see i didnt realize what i was saying at first now i see your right
 

georgio440

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Hey guys, I fixed it today. The two "horns" on either side of the bumper have holes which mount to existing holes in the car where the GT bumper was mounted. I simply drilled holes about a half inch farther back than the stock position, and it worked like a charm. Thanks for the input, though.
 
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