well I fixed the issue and used a liitle bit of everyones ideas and came up with this and worked great , figured I post for anyone that can use this idea for a fix. I appologize for some of the pictures are side ways( I couldnt figue out how to rotate them) thanks again everyone for their help
here it is all aliened after
heres what i fabricated to help me reshape the hood brace a bit. it bolts to where the factory hinge would be,
after ,I placed a floor jack with a piece of 2x4 to prevent metal to metal contact and marring the hood brace , starting in the center and every 6" or so move out towards the passenger side . return to the center and then move out
toward the driver side
I measured before and after to prevent of over stretching and it also prevents of taking the hood on and of several times down to maybe 2-3 times. For my application it needed to be moved up about a 1/4" or so. at the ends where the hood ends meet the fenders , you can put them outwards by hand to match the cab cowl gaps
