It appears that it's still level at the rear corner of the hood , or am I not seeing it right ? To me it looks like it's bowed in the middle of the hood line , which is weird . If it's bowing in the middle , I'd have to say it's possibly hitting on the swivel bolted into the fender (check again) . You can always put some putty (or Play-Doh ) on top of the swivel if ya like to see if it squeezes out . If it was high in the corner , I'd say either the hood hinge moved a bit when you swapped out the bolt for the swivel or the strut was bottoming out on itself , which is what I think I was seeing when I mounted mine on the front-most hood hinge bolt . It seemed to be reaching it's shortest length just a smidge before the hood was 100% closed , and was forcing the hood back a bit , no matter what I did , plus it seemed to be tweeking the fender flange a little . It would bottom out with a little of the shaft still showing , BTW - not 100% all the way in . I've since mounted 'em in the rear-most hood hinge bolts . It doesn't hold the hood up with quite as much vigor , but it seems to work fine . No swivel-fouling issues anywhere with it mounted this way (the strut "cartridge" is at the end bolted to the fender) . I had 'em on & off a bunch of times & said "F-it" , that's where they're going ! I'll snap a couple pics as soon as I can .

~~~~~~~ Phil Black & Tan 2000 SVT Contour #2137 of 2150 35,000 miles & counting !