Need a measurement from a Challenger hood

[Brewster_440]

Can someone measure the clearence between the wiper arm and the underside of the hood for me?. i have a one piece fiberglass tilt fenders/hood, and to get it to line up with the door leaves little room for the wipers. the doors are pulled up as high as i can go.  im here in Florida, and while we have no vehicle inspection, driving around with no wipers isn't the smartest thing to do.

[Chryco Psycho]

are you using the steel backed original wiper arms/ blades  , none of the newer after market arms will clear a stock hood

[Brewster_440]

OK!!  Thanks for that info. removes one mystery!!  -   I had an idea the new style wipers were not going to fit, they are about 1/2 an inch taller, and move the arm up away from the windshield quite a bit.  putting on the old style now, and messing around with the hood fit.  im still wondering what the distance should be, like from the body to the hood - maybe my aftermarket fiberglass hood isn't right as well.

[Chryco Psycho]

I am not near my car right now so I can't get a measurement for you

[farmboy70]

Looks to be about 1/2 inch.
Dave

[Chryco Psycho]

looks more like 1.25" using your picture

[farmboy70]

1/2 between wiper and hood.

[Brewster_440]

Thanks for helping out guys!!  it's all starting to get much clearer for me. i have an aftermarket fiberglass hood. i have a bit less than 3/4" between hood and the stainless trim piece in some areas. i made a template of part of the hood which looks higher and when i put the template on the low sections i can see the problem - its the hood. i will have to heat it and bend it and then reinforce it and that should work - keeping the 1-1/4" figure and the 1/2" wiper clearence in mind.
Thanks again

[Brewster_440]

i used a heat gun to heat the hood and some wood spacers to get the position i wanted, then a wet rag to cool the hood. you can see the difference on the drivers side, passenger side not done yet.