How should I go about removing the metal piece that is infront of the hood? It got pushed slightly under my hood and now I can't open it. I need to open my hood to remove ym fenders and stuff so I can put on new ones

 

 

Another way?

 

Remove the splash pan from underneath the car, then you should be able to remove the damaged center panel from underneath.

 

What are you doing crashin your baby anyways!!! Probly talkin to the "BZ's" on the phone!

 

The front center piece between the headlights?
That is mounted by four bolt on top, which are only accessable by opening the hood, and two bolts on each side of the headlight buckets on the inside.
To get to those, raise the headlights and remove the black plastic covers.

So the only way to really move that entire front panel as whole is to somehow get your hood open!

Perhaps you can force that piece back down and forwards by using a couple of toilet plungers and hammers.

 

its already messed up...just use the crowbar

 

i said it before in a CAT thread:
fo' shizzle, get yo' chisel!

 

How do I use my crow bar on it? I trid to use a hammer and I just broke it, lol.

How should I force it back down

 

remove the vent thinger from the bottom of the nose (the big air deflector that moves air up into the rad.
remove the plastic surround around it.

get your head in there, and everything will become clear to you (bring a flashlight too)

 

Hmmm listen to your master young padiwhacker: 4 bolts hold on hood hinges they do.

kenn

 

WHen I first stuck my head in there (in a parts car with the same problem) a gigantic *** spider greeted me. I damn near **** myself.

 

jays83gsl,

didn't we have a thread about that a while back? I seem to remember getting into a discussion with someone on the forum about the size of the freaking spiders here in Japan until someone from down under mentioned the huntsmen spiders they have (massive shudder of dread).



Kenn

 

Post some pics if you can. I had the same problem when a friend of mine put his in the ditch. You may need to start with taking the bumper and lower skirt off, then the 4 bolts on the sides of the header panel. You will need to take out the 2 bolts that secure the header to the front fenders too, (one on each of the panel). That should loosen the panel enough to push it down, and pry it forward., then you can pop the hood,

 

Here ive seen it, this is where the hood is getting held up on.

Foot print marks the spot!

 

If you've undone BOTH bolts on the right then you can put a chain with a hook on it in front of the headlight and tie the other end to a post and GENTLY back up. This will pull it back out enough to open the hood. Then you can undo the 4 bolts under the hood and the last 2 bolts on the left.


This assumes that you are trashing the header anyways.

 

Little metal piece with my foot print on it is the header?

 

Yes it is, the filler between the headlights, hood and bumper. I don't know if I would try the chain and backup method. If you get the 6 front bolts out, you should be able to push down on the front of the panel and pry the panel forward, using a flat bar between the hood and header.

 

Also as I jokingly reffered to it, if you remove the metal cover on the bottom of the front of the car, you can reach up and remove the four (4) 10 mm bolts that hold the hood hinges in place, this will allow you to pull the latch cable and then lift the hood in its entirety straight up.

kenn

 

If he can get to those bolts, he can just loosen them in thier slots and slide the hood rearward, then open the hood. I didn't suggest it because I don't know if the battery will be in the way.

 

It is but if you are really determined to open it without destroying all of the panels you can do it. I did it once when I was about 23 or so, and cut the dog snot out of my arm in the process, I looked like a chinese contorsionist under the car though trying to reach them

kenn