While the hood was mounted, it wasn't aligned very well. To line it up there are 8 nuts to loosen and tighten where the bracket and frame mount come together. First I decided that it would be easier to access these nuts from beneath the car so I jacked it up and put it down on the jack stands. With the nuts loose I put something heavy (my pancake air compressor) on the hood to hold it in a good position. From below I tightened the nuts. I came up from beneath the car and found that the vertical alignment was good. It now sat down onto the body the way it should but somehow I moved it while tightening so I loosened the 4 nuts that hold the horizontal alignment and put it back into a good position. Then I went around tightening each of the four nuts little by little so as not to move the hood. I also got up periodically to check the alignment. Yeah it sounds annoying but it was more like a slow and steady wins the race kind of feeling. Here's the hood down so you can see how much aligned I got it:
Ultimately the hood needs to be trimmed, filed, sanded by a body shop so I didn't drive myself too crazy over it. Next up are the hood latches.
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