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    How do you close your hood?


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    I let it down gently, then a little push to lock it in.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kimchijiji View Post
    How do you close your hood?


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    Just drop it about a foot above the latch. Pushing will dent the thin sheet metal.

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    Lower it to about a foot off the lock then drop. Hoods nowadays are built from thin sheet metal and a misplaced hand pushing down the hood might dent it.

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    Good to know! I learned something useful today

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    Quote Originally Posted by travajante View Post
    Just drop it about a foot above the latch. Pushing will dent the thin sheet metal.

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    This is what I do as well

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    I've been doing it wrong all this time! Buti at wala pang damage yung hood ko.

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    Quote Originally Posted by AllenR View Post
    I've been doing it wrong all this time! Buti at wala pang damage yung hood ko.
    Criminal minds should leave no prints.[emoji16]

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    Same thing here, I just drop it. Newer cars are so thin, You can actually "feel" it whenever​ you wipe it clean. Older cars are thicker, so are heavier.

    Sometimes I say, I like the older ones. Not just thicker metals, thicker paints too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by travajante View Post
    Criminal minds should leave no prints.[emoji16]

    I like the way you think, sir!

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