i bought the car from a friend, and when he had it he rearended an explorer or expedtion or something and it pushed the core support back and bent it in...the only way to hold the hood down now is to use a tie down....i bought the car to rebuild it (the front end) thats the onlying thing thats wrong with it. except when he was driving it the hood flew up and broke the windsheild, so i have to use some body filler right in front of the sunroof to smooth it back out. then the car will be clean.