Need Help: Fiberglass hood

[DuckWarrior]

Need Help: Fiberglass Hood

I have a 03 GT Conv.
I bought a fiberglass Mach 3 Hood for it, months and months ago.
No, I dont know the manufacturer it was used. It isnt a shell it is 2 layers, hollow and integrated alum hood catch...seemed pretty decent quality, when I purchased it and I looked it over pretty well.

I tried painting it myself, knowing fully it most likely will not work, but it was worth my time to see how bad, which wasn't bad, just not good.... sorry that's not the question but the back story.

I finally lined up a painter and installed the hood with hood pins.

Here is my problem:
The hood does not align, it is slightly askew towards the passenger side and is warped, the passenger side is higher than the driver's.

Has anyone had/ heard of this problem before?

I dont see any obvious means to align the hood, the hinge holes dont allow for movement at least at the hood side.
Before I break out the dremel, I would prefer to ask a few questions.

I dont know what to do about the warp. I dont know if it was already this way or the Florida humidity & heat that may have done it. It was kept garaged.

Any ideas besides the obvious dremel ones would be great

 

[fobra559]

It might be a poor quality fiberglass hood(fit wise), it might of looked decent when you got it but once you put it on then the fit issue shows up. If you can, return it and get another one and see how that one fits.

 

[TheBocSez]

sometimes a slight trimming of the rubber stops pressed into the fender that go between the hood and fenders can help lower your hood some.

Just a thought.

 

[blubullett]

If the hinges dont line up with the holes on the hood perfictly then it will tweak the entire hood. I had a bent hinge causing the front passenger side to lift up making the hood look warped. You can take it to a body shop and see if they can get it alligned (what i did). Or you can drill the holes out bigger to take the tension off it. You can also put shims under the hinges and loosen and adjust your fenders to try to get it alligned better. But it is pretty time consuming, good luck.

 

[twogts4us]

Tweaking! As stated above, shims, adjusting the stops (in front) - I think they are adjustable aren't they?
I've got my fiberglass hood in my garage now, stripping the old paint off and I will try to paint it, also knowing full well that it may not come out the way I expect. Still, it's just black, and if I really like it, I may just leave it in black primer (rat-rod style).
Best of luck and welcome!