last night i went to another member's house to pick up a Seibon MG hood. we tried to get it to fit for 2.5 hours, but in the end it was always perfectly lined up with the right side being raised in the middle so that you could slightly see inside the engine bay. i ended up not buying the hood. does anyone have any tips for adjusting an aftermarket hood to fit perfectly??

we played around with the bolts that hold the hinges to the hood, the bolts that hold the hinges to the car, and the hood latch. anything else we should have done?

thanks

 

Not for an S2000, but I know a guy who put a Seibon hood on his RX7 and he had to modify his own hinges with lots of trial and error.

Seibon has apparently poor quality control and its normal to see some Seibon hoods that fit ok and some that are completely off.

 

There are rubber stoppers or whatever that you can turn to adjust them higher or lower located on the shock tower. Try turning it all the way down to see if that makes a difference.

 

I think its the hood not the adjustments. I have seen few Seibon hoods that fit perfectly.

 

it wasn't touching either rubber stopper at all. that was the first thing i tried lol

 

guhhhh i NEED AN MG HOOD! the thing is, it fit the guy's car VERY NICELY when he had it on there...

 

Every single Seibon MG hood I have seen does this. Sorry to tell you but usually knock off and perfect fitment do not go hand in hand.

 

gahhhhh!

nice tires btw

 

It's a combination of the hood hinges to the hood, hood hinges to the car, hood bumper stops, hood latch ring and hood latch assembly on the car.

It takes some time and patience, but you can get it perfectly lined up.

Although I'm no longer a supporter of Seibon products... their trunks and hoods can be made to fit properly. It's the clear coat/gel that I have issues with in regards to their quality.

Note: For the hood, I had to take the hood latch ring off the hood and dremel the holes to the right/left making the holes more oblong so could also adjust the placement of the latch ring on the hood which was the last little bit of adjustment it needed.


Tim

 

thanks. we also wanted to adjust the hood latch ring (part that is attached to the hood itself) but there was no play in it. since i hadn't already bought the hood from him, neither of us wanted to go ahead and drill out those holes to get it to move around. we just played around with the hinge to the hood, hinge to the car, and hood latch assembly.