Hood will not go down after install all parts

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Sep 12, 2009 | 6:08 PM

salchipapa619

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Hood will not go down after install all parts

I installed all the hinges , brackets and new hood on my silverado, but the hood Sticks straight up in the air...Will not budge at all...Do i need to do something to the springs to get them to move....Already bent new hood trying to install it and hate this thing...Please help!!!!!! thank you so much!!!

Sep 12, 2009 | 6:51 PM

Speedy650

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what year is the truck?

Sep 12, 2009 | 6:58 PM

montess427

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did you oil the hinges that should make it easier to go down

Sep 14, 2009 | 4:33 PM

salchipapa619

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my hood......2000

It is a 2000. It is just killing me!

Sep 14, 2009 | 4:33 PM

salchipapa619

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year

it is a 2000

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what year is the truck?

Sep 14, 2009 | 9:35 PM

Speedy650

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are the corners of the hood hitting?

Sep 15, 2009 | 5:15 PM

therewolf

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Perhaps the hinges are stiff. Did you lubricate and flex them prior to hooking them up to the truck?

Hood will not go down after install all parts

Hood will not go down after install all parts

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