trunk alignment issues

[crash549]

since i bought my car the left side of the trunk has been slightly off. my question is, does anyone know how to align one back up? should i leave it to the professionals and let a body shop try to fix it? it hasn't bothered me until i put my kaenen wing on and it threw it off a bit. any help will be appreciated and maybe i can save some money by keeping it out of the body shop. thanks.

 

[bestbuy654]

mine was like too. all i did was realigned the latch striker (the hook looking thing) in the trunk. hopefully it will work for you too.

 

[crash549]

it was raised on just the one side like mine? how will adjusting the striker help? sorry, i'm just not good with this sort of thing and i want to ask as many questions as possible before i tear into it.

 

[bestbuy654]

yea it looked exactly the same. if the striker is a little off center it will cause the trunk lid to close incorrectly giving you alignment issues. I would check that first before anything because its really simple to realign, if not i would assume you would have realign the whole trunk lid

 

[crash549]

thanks. i'll check it out tomorrow.