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: Adjust hood


wreedLBZ
05-22-2009, 12:09 AM
One side of my hood sits up and not flush, is there anyway to adjust?

Z71 Grizzly
05-22-2009, 08:24 AM
Are you talking in the front it sits up or the back of the hood. There is adjusters in the front. Mine were stuck a little and I had to take vise grips and break them loose real easy.

wreedLBZ
05-22-2009, 08:40 AM
The front of my hood on one side sits up more. I have a GMC and it also has very wide gaps, I am wondering if its normal. I will post pics.

2004dmax
05-22-2009, 07:44 PM
i think i know what you mean....mine was the same way, big gap on one side and flat/flush on the other side, you need to just play around with the rubber stops under the hood to correct this.

wreedLBZ
05-22-2009, 10:43 PM
Do you have 2 different types of weather striping on each side of the engine bay? I do.

My right side of hood sits up too high, it is not even touching the rubber stops.

2004dmax
05-23-2009, 01:14 AM
mmmm......might need some pics cant figure it out

wreedLBZ
06-02-2009, 12:25 AM
I will post some pics tomorrow.

wreedLBZ
06-03-2009, 05:38 PM
Here are some pics. See how I have different weather stripping on each side of engine bay? Is this how the GMCs come from factory?

http://rtwww.reedtech.net/images/picture 006.jpg
http://rtwww.reedtech.net/images/picture 005.jpg

wreedLBZ
06-03-2009, 05:39 PM
http://rtwww.reedtech.net/images/picture 003.jpg
http://rtwww.reedtech.net/images/picture 004.jpg

Sinecure1
06-03-2009, 07:19 PM
Looks just like mine. I bought it used, clean CarFax, but was seriously thinking that it had been in a small fender-bender, and they replaced a front fender themselves with an older year, same color/body style truck.

Hopefully someone else will chime in. I'm hoping they're all like that, and mine hasn't been in an accident.

wreedLBZ
06-03-2009, 08:56 PM
Well I was able to adjust the hood and its solid as a rock now!

The gaps are still pretty large. I dont think my truck was ever wrecked.

I also found another 06 GMC on Ebay and the weatherstripping was identical.

wreedLBZ
06-03-2009, 11:45 PM
Can anyone else with a GMC confirm their weather stripping is the same as mine?

windowbarn
06-09-2009, 02:30 PM
Yup, you're truck is perfectly normal. That's how the come from the factory. Two different strips

wreedLBZ
06-09-2009, 03:32 PM
Sweet thanks!!!!!!!