Help on how to fix hood space?

High just got 4runner used was wonder if can get feed back on help with left side feels like it had a little lop sided has space between hoot and headlight?

 

The left/driver's side is a little low, there are adjustable stops on each side, the driver's side needs to be screwed upwards to lift the hood to the correct height.

The stops should be similar to some of these in this video.

https://youtu.be/FUusNiHPe6g?si=UWH7P1Q74q-sOIO8

 

Ima check that thanks for the quick response

 

To me the passenger side looks too high .

 

It's actually a little of both sides being off, you have to look at both photos to see it.

 

It should affect performance if it has space? Later i might put bug deflector hopefully it doesn’t get affected by snow or dirt?

 

NO, the hood gap will not affect performance to any measurable degree, if this was a Formula 1 race car then yes it could affect the outcome of a race or not, but not on a street vehicle!!

 

It wont affect mechanical performance, but if the space is too big, potentially it can be another entry point for salty spray to get directly into the engine bay. I had a Sienna a while back and messed with the rubber bumpers trying to get perfect hood alignment. It didn’t take much to raise the hood to the point the weatherstripping couldn’t seal and salty spray would blow in all over the engine bay. In one winter it went from a perfect engine bay to corroded bolts and brackets everywhere, along with a bunch of sandy road grit on top of everything.

 

Doubt it’ll affect much but it’s gonna make me think it crashed into something and had a shoddy repair. Rebuilt title?

 

When i bought it believe the last owner offroading and prob tilted right side during offroad seem like they fixed it

 

It might just be the light, but in the first photo it looks like the edge of driver's side hood doesn't match up to the top of the fender - looks a bit lower. They should be even.