Did you have to modify your hood to fit billet vents?

[Travis]

my lfp's dropped right in. nice snug fit. my brother was pretty jealous because he had to do some dremel work

 

[slow5oh]

Thanks guys I'm quite fond of them

 

[Benz_tech]

can you guys explain the filing process exactly? sounds like 120 grit sand paper and what else? At what edges for how long? I have never filed on a panted surface so I kinda need some help at where to start.

 

[slow5oh]

I just bought a fine file, checked where the vents were hitting and slowly filed/test fit until I was happy with the fit. Then I after it was filed I hit it with 220 grit sand paper so it was nice and smooth.

Just remember to lay a sheet over your engine bay and take your time.

 

[FiveOhJoe]

I used a dremel with one of the finer, small diameter sanding wheels at a low speed.

 

[99BlackCobra]

Glad I read this before hand..Doing the install tomorrow. I wasnt one of the lucky ones whose dropped right in. Good Stuff Guys!!

 

[Phil04Cobra]

I had to file quite a bit of material away to get mine to fit . I have the lfp vents as well .

 

[Blueline]

Dremel with sanding head makes quick work of this.

 

[cj428mach]

I had a set of LFPs for about a day they required filing to fit. In the end I decided I like the stock look better.

 

[whitedevil95]

I used a dremel with one of the finer, small diameter sanding wheels at a low speed.

Yeah same here. I had to remove a decent amount of material(IMO) to get my LFPs to fall in. I had to do the same thing with my old vert and with my current coupe.

 

[R.D.P.]

I used a small cordless Dremel and grinding bit. I had to remove quite a bit of material, my openings weren't even close. It was something of a pain and hard to figure out where they were getting hung up because I didn't want to remove more material than needed. I ended up making cardboard templates which really helped and what I would recommend. The look of the LFP vents has really grown on me.

 

[Lobo_Loco]

I got the LFP ones a couple weeks back...no sanding of anything they dropped in as if they belonged there....IIRC..LFP instructions do say if you dont feel 100% sure with sanding or grinding your hood just return them for a full refund......

 

[03 Indy Cobra]

My True Forged ones dropped right in. No filing or sanding.

 

[RI-SVT]

all the hoods are different, some pieces drop some don't, I did mine with a dremel carefully, mostly the corners, but the vents look great dont plan to remove them, the OEM wont go back in, I wouldn't trim the hood if otherwise.

 

[Frankycheechoo]

I know this is a old post .
But I just installed mine they were a little bit of a PIA . My we’re off by a lot so I didn’t want to sand down the hood , I don’t think it’s right to do that . I’d rather screw up a 200$ aftermarket part than the OEM hood . Didn’t like that I had screw around with it soo much kinda scuffed up my hood . But looks good anyways . Just harder than I thought it would be.


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[Fastback]

My Billetflow vents went in nicely.