New hood alignment fun. Any advice?

I adjusted one last week, I've found that removing the latch and spring that pop's the hood helps. I removed mine and replaced them after I got the hood right. I found that the spring holds the hood up off the bump stops, after I removed it, it let the hood rest on the stops were I could tell where I was at. It is best to remove the whole latch support and replace it after the hood is right because there's a chance of breaking the tabs that hold the spring.