Looks good....can't wait to see your ride! 
Modified hood vents
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Nice, looks great. I bought a set of modded factory vents but someone did a crappy paint job on them. Have any of you painted yours? If so what did you use?
Looks good....can't wait to see your ride!
All payments finally cleared. Getting her Tuesday. Will be posting pics soon :rolling:
When I did mine I was sanding and had a hard time getting a smooth finish. What do you guys use to Sand them?
Looks good....can't wait to see your ride!
Thanks buddy :beer: looking forward to meeting up this summer.
+1 i did mine and I think they look like crap cause I couldn't sand it real smooth.
I used a dremel mainly. I did find that a wire brush from a gun cleaning kit I had helped also.
Thanks man. I thought about doing every other one but I taped every other one w white tape to see what it would look like and decided I liked 2 more.
Are yall getting rid of the flap underneath totally or leaving it there? OP are you noticing any differences in temps or are you just doing it for looks?
Thanks,
Thanks,
I couldn't answer your question about temps because its off the road for the winter. I was bored and wanted to try some free mods. Lol. Removing the hood blanket and flaps should help lower temps but currently I can't give you any first hand experience until I drive it.
You need to sand it close as you can with 220 grit. Then spray it with primer. then do multiple wet sanding sessions with 400 grit. Wet sand, dry & reprime. Do it as many times as it takes. The primer will fill in the gashes and groves.
A pic between priming sessions. It had just been wet sanded. Wrapped the sand paper around some flat bar to make sure I was applying even pressure.
You need to sand it close as you can with 220 grit. Then spray it with primer. then do multiple wet sanding sessions with 400 grit. Wet sand, dry & reprime. Do it as many times as it takes. The primer will fill in the gashes and groves.
A pic between priming sessions. It had just been wet sanded. Wrapped the sand paper around some flat bar to make sure I was applying even pressure.
Thanks... I'll probably pull mine out and start over.
Really, really nice job. Well worth the time and effort.
Thanks..I may just keep my flaps on, but keep them opened up since I daily the car ..so if I get caught in rain, I can close them back up...not sure if that matters or not though.
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Looks great. A nice deviation from the "every other slat" that I did.
A lot of guys cut them off because the water is suppose to run in front of the engine.
This is 100% true.
After I wash her, there is never water on the engine itself.
Sent from my DROID RAZR
After I wash her, there is never water on the engine itself.
Sent from my DROID RAZR
If you have a RAI intake without a heat shield over it your air filter will get wet when it rains or when you wash the car. I used to bend a piece of cardboard over my filter when I washed the car. My car wasn't a daily and it hardly rains in Vegas.
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