diff --git a/src/components/marketing/sections/RedesignedHero.tsx b/src/components/marketing/sections/RedesignedHero.tsx
index b1cdd9e8..5a782897 100644
--- a/src/components/marketing/sections/RedesignedHero.tsx
+++ b/src/components/marketing/sections/RedesignedHero.tsx
@@ -294,9 +294,8 @@ function HeroStats() {
 
 /**
  * The blueprint frame around the hero row: hairlines along its top and bottom
- * edges, guides closing the sides at the rail's guide position, a registration
- * cross at each corner, and guide stubs fading away above and below so the
- * frame reads as one drafted line with the <SectionRule /> that follows. Pure
+ * edges, guides aligned with the navbar's outer edges, a registration cross
+ * at each corner, and guide stubs fading away above and below. Pure
  * decoration, drawn by .site-hero-plate in main.css.
  */
 function HeroPlateMarks() {
@@ -366,12 +365,10 @@ export const RedesignedHero = ({
       >
         <div className="site-hero-plate">
           <HeroPlateMarks />
-          {/* md:py-10 is --rule-outset (2.5rem): the plate's guides stand that
-              far outside the rail, so the same inset above and below gives the
-              copy and the artwork an even margin from the frame on all four
-              sides. */}
+          {/* Keep the content rail and vertical inset independent of the
+              wider frame aligned with the navbar. */}
           <div
-            className={`relative flex flex-col gap-12 md:py-10 lg:flex-row lg:items-center lg:justify-between lg:gap-32 xl:gap-48 2xl:gap-64 ${SITE_STANDARD_RAIL_CLASS}`}
+            className={`relative flex flex-col gap-12 md:py-[7.5rem] lg:flex-row lg:items-center lg:justify-between lg:gap-32 xl:gap-48 2xl:gap-64 ${SITE_STANDARD_RAIL_CLASS}`}
           >
             <div className="max-w-2xl">
               <h1 {...settledHeroReveal(0)} className={`mb-5 ${HERO_H1_CLASS}`}>
diff --git a/src/styles/main.css b/src/styles/main.css
index ec7126e8..f8b48e8e 100644
--- a/src/styles/main.css
+++ b/src/styles/main.css
@@ -206,8 +206,8 @@
 	   The guide tracks the max-w-7xl rail edge but stands --rule-outset
 	   outside it so the crosses breathe instead of hugging the content;
 	   --rule-min keeps them clear of the viewport edge when the rail's
-	   SITE_SECTION_CLASS gutter is all the room there is. The same tokens
-	   drive the hero plate below so the two never drift. */
+	   SITE_SECTION_CLASS gutter is all the room there is. The hero plate
+	   shares the mark styling but follows the navbar's wider rail. */
 	.site-rule,
 	.site-hero-plate {
 		--rule-min: 1rem;
@@ -314,21 +314,16 @@
 	   rectangle in the same vocabulary as .site-rule. Hairlines trace the
 	   row's top and bottom edges (so the headline gets a ceiling and the
 	   artwork registers to the frame), vertical guides close the sides at
-	   the rail's guide position, a registration cross marks each corner,
-	   and short guide stubs fade away above and below toward the header and
-	   the first <SectionRule />. The plate wraps the standard rail inside
-	   the hero section's gutter, so --rule-guide is re-derived here against
-	   the plate's own width: the guide sits --site-gutter further out than
-	   the plate's edge, which is why it can go negative. --site-gutter must
-	   track SITE_UTILITY_HERO_CLASS's horizontal padding. Hidden below md,
-	   where the guide would land on the content edge itself. */
+	   the navbar's outer edges, and a registration cross marks each corner.
+	   Match SITE_WIDE_GUTTERED_RAIL_CLASS's 1800px cap and gutters without
+	   changing the standard content rail inside. --site-gutter tracks
+	   SITE_UTILITY_HERO_CLASS's horizontal padding so the guide offset is
+	   relative to the plate, not the viewport. Hidden below md. */
 	.site-hero-plate {
 		--site-gutter: 1rem;
-		--rule-guide: calc(
-			max(
-				var(--rule-min),
-				(100% + 2 * var(--site-gutter) - 80rem) / 2 - var(--rule-outset)
-			) - var(--site-gutter)
+		--rule-guide: max(
+			0px,
+			calc((100% + 2 * var(--site-gutter) - 1800px) / 2)
 		);
 		position: relative;
 	}