1999 Tacoma Hood release

Hey looking for some help I just bought a 99 tacoma with aftermarket grill from previous owner. Interior hood release latch works fine but when I release the hood I can’t reach the release latch under the hood due to the size of the new grill. Any help is appreciated thank you.

 

If the grill was oversized, I can't see the hood itself closing all the way.

Are you sure it's just the hood that's not "popping up" to move the latch over?

Whenever I popped my hood with the interior latch, I had to physically lift the hood a bit to reach said latch.

 

What is the method you use to lift the hood a little I don’t want to damage any of the paint thanks for the reply. I was able to open the hood with a 12 inch Philips head one time but could not replicate it again.

 

Take a picture of your grill.

If it's an issue, just buy a factory-style replacement.

I forget that Tacoma's have the latch between the grill slots.

 

Ive had a hood that wouldn't pop up after pulling the hood latch in the cabin. Once I finally got the hood opened, I cleaned the hod latch with brake cleaner, and re-greased everything with lithium grease. Never had a problem with the hood sticking again. Worth trying.

 

Get yourself the gas hood struts made by redline.
The hood will pop up from the struts when you pull the hood release then you can
find the latch