[Mark Brye]

I have a question about adjusting the hood latches. When I parked my car for the winter, the hood fit snug against its rubber bumpers on the car. When I would engage the hood latches, the hood would fit nice and snug.
I just took the car out of hybernation and I now find that when the latches are secured, the hood will now move up and down about an 1/8 of an inch. I am worried that the hood may move around to much and actually overcome the little rubber snubers and possibly touch the body of the car.
I checked the latch mounting hardware on the hood and also the metal plates that the latches contact that are located under the engine cowl. They are all tight.
Is the best method to tighten this up, to bend the metal plates down a little bit? Or should I mount washers between the cowl and the plate to move the plates down a little?
It almost looks like the plates have given a little. But these plates look pretty beefy. I would hate to have it to tight when latched and cause stress cracks on the fiberglass cowl.
What is the best method for fixing this?

Thanks!