Abstract: A hinge assembly having a first bracket mountable to a hood or a body component and having a flange with an opening; a second bracket mountable to the other of the hood and the body component and having a flange with an opening; a bushing coupled to the first bracket and having a base disposed in the opening of the first bracket and defining a bore; a spacer, which includes a base having a first side with a knurl and a second opposite side, a shoulder extending from the second side into the bore, and a through hole extending through the base and the shoulder; a fastener having a head and a threaded shank extending from the head through the opening in the second bracket and the through hole in the spacer; and a nut threaded to the threaded shank with an end surface of the nut contacting the knurl.