Originally Posted by Trev1006

Scribing a line around the hinge before removal is always a good idea. Not enough roo on these, but alot of times when I remove hoods on certain cars I drill a 1/8" locating hole to help line it back up. Im doing a 57 Chevy truck for my brother in law now. He removed the hood without me there, didn't drill holes to align it....took me days to line it up. My way on the doors is to snug the hinges, close the door, have the hinges just loose enuf to be able to force the door around. Link up your striker and body lines, carefully open the door, then tighten them down real tight. Oh ya, don't re use those junk bolts! Lol

Originally Posted by GRANDLICH

I have bought diffrent bolts but the heads were too big?? So i just threw tho old ones back on. Ill have to try that just loose enough to move shut door and carfully open and tighten down! seems too easy!!