My hood isn't aligned properly I had to fix the wheelhouses and it's out of wack now. It's high in the back and low in the front. Tight on one side and has plenty of space on the other side, it's rub the paint off. how is the best way to realign it? And my rightside fender is out farther than the door
Short answer: Loosen the hinge bolts and/or the hood bolts, shift it as needed, and try to get it to fit better. Maybe you'll get lucky and it will fit good enough for you.
If that doesn't work, here's the more "correct" answer: MUCH, MUCH longer than the short answer:
It sounds to me like you need to do more than just align your hood, if you have a fender problem also. You might not like the rest of my answer on how to get it done, but in the end, it is VERY rewarding if you really want to do it right.
Loosely speaking, you need to start from the back and work forward. Some will do these steps in varying orders. Here's generally how I tackled it:
Step one is to get your doors aligned with the quarter panels perfectly. This should be done with strikers removed, and just loosen hinge bolts and raise/lower the doors as needed to align with the quarters. Tighten the hinges when they're perfect, then reinstall strikers at the perfect point so that they don't lift or push down on the door when it's closed, and they keep it closed just enough for perfect alignment.
Step two is to align your fenders to the fronts of the doors perfectly, while squaring the radiator support to the firewall. Fender-to-door gap alignment is done with shims under each of the mounting bolts for the fenders. Loosen bolts to remove or add shims as needed at whatever bolt fixes the alignment problem you have. You'll find a bolt underneath at the rocker panel, another inside the door jamb toward the top, another going into the firewall behind the hood hinge. Also best to do this with the front fender bolts loosened also, at the radiator support. It takes force AND finnesse to get panels to move at times. Use plastic or wood wedges and tape the edges of all panels to protect paint from chipping. I also like to use inflatable body panel alignment balloons/pillows with hand pumps. Also recognize that your cowl panel can be shifted all over the place by just loosening the screws and sliding it around. Get that centered perfectly after your fenders are in position, and you'll probably reposition it again when you get the hood positioned later.
Now you might be able to turn to the hood itself. Nothing to lose by trying now. Close it slowly and carefully and see how symmetrical your hood opening is compared to the hood itself. Your rear opening is now fixed since your fender/door alignment is perfect, so that establishes your gap size. Make this gap size the same at the front. To do so, you might need to spread the fenders apart at the front, or bring them closer together, to get the front gaps the same as they are at the back.
Remember earlier I mentioned the radiator support? Please recognize that if you can't get cowl panel aligned perfectly with the back of the hood, and end up with the peaks at the front corners of the hood all perfectly aligned with the front peaks of each fender, there is a STRONG chance you will need to shift the entire radiator support left or right, or forward or back. This is where squaring the radiator support to the firewall comes in. Loosen the lower mounts and there is a TON of room for movement here, shifting the entire doghouse left or right. Cross measurements from bolt patterns across the far corners should be symmetrical. A tape measure works fine. If you get this cross measurement EXACTLY perfect, this REALLY REALLY helps get the hood to fit perfect.
Of course moving the radiator support may slightly mess up your door to fender gaps again. Recheck and re-shim as needed.
And now your fan shroud clearance needs to be checked for rubbing the fan, if you've moved the radiator support.
And now your bumper will be in the wrong place and will also need to be moved to get that squared up. Hold off on this as you want the hood in place to help align the bumper.
And FINALLY you can now get the hood centered in the hole perfectly. Just loosen hood bolts at hinges to move it left or right, or forward or back. If it's too high or too low in the back, loosen the hinge bolts down where they attach to the body and move them up or down.
Now align the bumper to your new hood and fender positions.
It's all trial and error, patience and a willingness to walk away when you start going batty. Try again tomorrow.
And remember for any of these parts, it MIGHT be necessary to slot or enlarge some holes to get that perfect panel alignment. A small die grinder works very well for this.
I do not exaggerate when I say I spent about 50 hours aligning my front sheetmetal. You open and close each door at least 90 times, or more, and the hood even more times than that. Each bolt gets loosened and tightened about 18 times. Have LOTS of shims on hand...thick and thin. In a nutshell, that's how I got it the front of my car perfect. Perfection CAN be obtained on these machines, no matter how sloppy you think these cars came from the factory and how far you THINK the tolerances were off. The factory workers didn't use time and patience like I did. And then I used more time...and more patience.
Thank you, I think you have covered very well, It's my next phase on my car, and this will be very helpful. My doors were not touched at all, so it sounds like the fender and wheelhouse are out of adjustment and of course the rest is too.
