Alright, heres the backstory. I just bought a hood, and I wanted to find out a couple of things because this is the first time ive dealt with fiberglass parts before.
First: The latch is odd, ill attach a picture to show everything. Basically when I test fit the hood I didnt want to slam it down like I normally do with the oem steel hood because im not sure if it will break/crack the hood at all, it seems like it should clamp down fine but even when I applied some force it didnt want to shut fully, and I didnt want to go further and risk breaking it. Will the latch close right and im just being cautious, or does something need to be modified?
Second: Hood pins. I saw on a review of the hood that the man had to place the hood pins directly in the scoops which doesnt look good to me and just bothers me all around. There is room on the sides, but its the frame right behind the headlights.. Would this be sufficent enough to put pins in? Will it not hold the hood down properly if it is more towards the sides or anything? (Try to see what I mean with the headlights/hood)
Third/Last: The hood actually utilizes ram air and heat extraction which is awesome. Is there some way to run some type of tubing or something right from the ports directly into the intake with its own filter or possibly just right above the intake? Im just thinking of the way firebirds/suburus etc. do it, or if somebody has done something custom like this before?
PS While im on that subject, since I have the 01 Cobra its got the 99/01 front, like the one they used on the cobra R. On the cobra R, the foglight bezel was used for not just the foglight, but the second hole was actually an intake to the front disk brakes, anybody know how to replicate this? Thanks in advance guys!
First: The latch is odd, ill attach a picture to show everything. Basically when I test fit the hood I didnt want to slam it down like I normally do with the oem steel hood because im not sure if it will break/crack the hood at all, it seems like it should clamp down fine but even when I applied some force it didnt want to shut fully, and I didnt want to go further and risk breaking it. Will the latch close right and im just being cautious, or does something need to be modified?
Second: Hood pins. I saw on a review of the hood that the man had to place the hood pins directly in the scoops which doesnt look good to me and just bothers me all around. There is room on the sides, but its the frame right behind the headlights.. Would this be sufficent enough to put pins in? Will it not hold the hood down properly if it is more towards the sides or anything? (Try to see what I mean with the headlights/hood)
Third/Last: The hood actually utilizes ram air and heat extraction which is awesome. Is there some way to run some type of tubing or something right from the ports directly into the intake with its own filter or possibly just right above the intake? Im just thinking of the way firebirds/suburus etc. do it, or if somebody has done something custom like this before?
PS While im on that subject, since I have the 01 Cobra its got the 99/01 front, like the one they used on the cobra R. On the cobra R, the foglight bezel was used for not just the foglight, but the second hole was actually an intake to the front disk brakes, anybody know how to replicate this? Thanks in advance guys!
