I took it all the way down, and it did improve. I noticed that the rubber bumpers that rub the hood side of the fender were now contacting the hood enough to keep it higher. (I put these on a couple years ago, never paid attention after, but that's about when I started to notice the fitment issues).
So I took them all out, and then my hood was tilting again, but lower. Then the missus was calling me in for supper, and I'll have to play around so more tomorrow, but at least I can see the train light coming at me through the tunnel.
