Any hood latch guru's in the house?

[Shotgun28]

Okay dumbarsh me decided to sand and paint my hood latch, and well after I reinstalled the darn thing nothing is mathing up, and now have hence ruined my perfect paint job and now I would be content with getting the thing shut, how exactly are they supposed to be line up, is there a particular way of setting them? Any help would be more than appreciated....CDan't drive until it is fixed.....Please help

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91 LX Convertible Gray on Red B&M Shift improver kit,ASP red alum. underdrive pulleys, Richmond 3.73 gears, 1 5/8 Flowtech long tube Headers and off road h-pipe, Flowmaster 2-chamber cat-back with S.S exhaust, MSD 6A Ignition with coil,Cap and rotor, Taylor Pro wires, K&N 12" conical filter system, Jet stage 2 performance chip,GT40 P heads, looking at new exhaust, Lentech Street Terminator plus.