'94 Alignment Issues: Bumper/Hood.etc.??

[Donne Trav]

Need advice on alignment of the bumper & hood on my '94 LT1.
Please see pix:
http://s256.photobucket.com/albums/hh178/DonneTrav/?action=view&current=01010090.jpg

http://s256.photobucket.com/albums/hh178/DonneTrav/?action=view&current=01010097.jpg

http://s256.photobucket.com/albums/hh178/DonneTrav/?action=view&current=01010100.jpg

http://s256.photobucket.com/albums/hh178/DonneTrav/?action=view&current=01010091.jpg

THANKS ALL

 

[So Bay Vetter]

Does it line up on the RH side ?

 

[Donne Trav]

Not entirely. But, it looks much better than the drivers side. Bottom line is
when I see pix of other C4's and what a true alignment should look like, I
want to some achieve this. THANKS

 

[gmjunkie]

Not entirely. But, it looks much better than the drivers side. Bottom line is
when I see pix of other C4's and what a true alignment should look like, I
want to some achieve this. THANKS

Well,It can be Accomplished,But your going to be Loosening and Tightening a Bunch of bolts and screws!! Lets see your Hood to Door and Hood to Side Fender gaps! Both Sides and the other side of the front bumper!!

 

[So Bay Vetter]

Believe me, I'm not trying to rain on your parade. It's just that the job is far more involved than it might appear! I learned all this from having my damaged nose repaired:

If you're adjusting the gap between the bumper cover and the hood, there are spacers on the bolts that attach the bumper assy to the frame (it's in the FSM). If you adjust the hood forward or back (which is easier) you will mess with the gap between the hood and the doorshnoes. Keep in mind, the width of the bumper cover may be different that the width of the hood, especially if the OEM cover was replaced with an aftermarket at some point (it appears from the pic's posted, that side-to-side is your issue?) If the overall width of the two is different, all you can do is come close with the same amount of overhang on each side. This can be very time consuming, even for body shop guys that do it all the time as you have to constantly open the doors and hood to make sure there is no conflict with opening clearance. One scuff from a door-to-hood or hood-to-bumper conflict and the paint chips will look worse that the miss-alignment!

If you're gonna try it yourself, be very carefull!:ugh:ugh

 

[Donne Trav]

Believe me, I'm not trying to rain on your parade. It's just that the job is far more involved than it might appear! I learned all this from having my damaged nose repaired:

If you're adjusting the gap between the bumper cover and the hood, there are spacers on the bolts that attach the bumper assy to the frame (it's in the FSM). If you adjust the hood forward or back (which is easier) you will mess with the gap between the hood and the doorshnoes. Keep in mind, the width of the bumper cover may be different that the width of the hood, especially if the OEM cover was replaced with an aftermarket at some point (it appears from the pic's posted, that side-to-side is your issue?) If the overall width of the two is different, all you can do is come close with the same amount of overhang on each side. This can be very time consuming, even for body shop guys that do it all the time as you have to constantly open the doors and hood to make sure there is no conflict with opening clearance. One scuff from a door-to-hood or hood-to-bumper conflict and the paint chips will look worse that the miss-alignment!

If you're gonna try it yourself, be very carefull!:ugh:ugh

I'm not too concerned with the side-to-side alignment. The large gap I'm really concerned about is the one between the "left/front hood & the bumper and the space between the top of the bumper & front
part of the hood on that side.??? Please see these 2 photos. THANKS

http://s256.photobucket.com/albums/hh178/DonneTrav/?action=view&current=01010097.jpg

 

[JimBobC4]

2 brackets are bent in my opinion. The only reason I say that is mine looked exactly the same. I screwed with it for several weekends However yours is not as bad as mine.

Open the hood and you will see a bracket that holds the turn signal lens and one that supports it from the frame . I think that is what is bent.

Now, my disclaimer, don't try this at home

Ok. what I did was remove the " bottom" of the fender area so I could see the floor when I opened the hood. I cut a piece of wood to fit under those two brackets, and placed a jack under the fender up through the bottom I had removed. I jacked it up then measured each time I let it down. after about the fifth try It was dead on.

It wasn't easy, and yes I could have REALLY messed it up, but I didn't and it loooks great. Be CAREFULL and don't get crazy with it .

The real way, or the correct way, would be to remove the nose or at least a big part of it and shim and adjust what is bent.

My way worked, but it could have just as easily resulted in disaster.