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First, special thanks to Bob for pointing me in the right directions
I am a You Tube trained welder with Harbor Freight equipment, I have more to do but I am taking it to a body shop soon to get into primer so I stopped.
I spent $40.00 bucks at Home Depot for 3/16 treaded rods, nuts, washers, and 2” angle iron.
Instead of welding to the hood frame I used 3/16 rivets
Cut the angle iron to the width of the rib, drilled the holes and welded tabs at angles for the treaded rods.
i was able to bend the rods into the holes after threading them into rivets.
Because the rods have nuts on the back of the tabs I was able to adjust each side of the hood independently.
I may have to adjust the fenders a bit and notch the brace that is hitting the roller track on the passenger side.
Over all I brought the hood independently 3/4” on the driver side and just over 1/4” on the drivers side. The fenders in the front have a gap one one side and almost hit in the other. Passenger side before gap Hitting fender on driver side Roller will not stay in track 3/16 rivet Tool casualty Angle iron on hood, fit flush after being trimmed to length Attached bracket. The bolts on the inside allow to adjust each side of the hood. Threaded rod fits great. May go back and try and bend up a little more Roller bracket hits here, may trim it to go down but over all not a bad fit
After hood a little high but not bad After driver side, fits so easily After passenger small gap and high Very tight on passenger Big gap in drivers. Small gap
Last edited by pltnsgt06; Mar 31, 2026 at 06:09 PM.
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