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[JasonM]

Have any of you had problems with your hood and tail gate staing tightly closed?

Driving down the highway I have noticed a shimmy in my hood as the wind get under it, at first I thought it was going to blow open. After looking at it, it was closed, but I would like to get rid of the shimmy?

The tail gate is is same way, it looks like it is sticking a bit past the rest of the body when it is fully closed.

Anyone found a way to tighten things up?

 

[Tentsontop]

That's normal, or at least a lot of cruisers have that problem. Mine does a little. I saw a guy in an LX450 the other day who's hood looked like it was made of jello it was wobbling so bad. He had a funky bug guard on it which may have been aggravating the wobble.

 

[IdahoDoug]

Sounds like these are vehicles that have had some past body work done and the panels were not reinstalled to Araco standards. Not uncommon for 10" year old vehicles, I guess. For the hood, try adjusting the threaded black rubber hood stoppers at the front corners. Also, be sure all the various black rubber pads around it's left and right edges are in place.

For the hatch, I believe you can adjust the latch position to pull the panel further against the body.

DougM

 

[ronin-0707]

I have the same problem on the hood of my 94. So do you adjust the rubber stops up or down to keep things nice and snug?

 

[bderks]

Is your whole hood moving, or just the center flapping up and down. If the latter, check this out:

My awesomeness thread

 

[sseaman]

the thread above is great i am planning on doing this to mine soon

 

[Lka1988]

It seems like a more common problem with the older cars.. The hood on my brother's car shimmys a little, too, it's a 1997 Kia.