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These pics aren't the best, but they show how I did it.
The hood-side latch gets its mount holes moved forward, and the T-bar gets spaced out some. I used longer bolts and some generic nuts as spacers.
There is a correct T-bar for this, but it has to be from a 90 or 91 JDM EF6 or EF7, and they're not so easy to come by. The EF8 (SiR) or EE8 (VT) T-bar doesn't help at all, unless you swap the whole front bulkhead.
Edit: Here's a pic of the EF6/7 T-bar (gray), to show how it pushes the latch forward. It bolts on and requires no modifications to line up your latch.
And here it is painted and installed:


The hood-side latch gets its mount holes moved forward, and the T-bar gets spaced out some. I used longer bolts and some generic nuts as spacers.
There is a correct T-bar for this, but it has to be from a 90 or 91 JDM EF6 or EF7, and they're not so easy to come by. The EF8 (SiR) or EE8 (VT) T-bar doesn't help at all, unless you swap the whole front bulkhead.
Edit: Here's a pic of the EF6/7 T-bar (gray), to show how it pushes the latch forward. It bolts on and requires no modifications to line up your latch.

And here it is painted and installed:
