Heat soak - vented hood options that are not "louvered"

Chuck33079 · 11-11-2013, 10:33 AM

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Originally Posted by DIGItonium

The vent closest to the windshield works great. The other one doesn't do much. Another drawback is weight. With the reinforcements put in place the hood is several pounds heavier than the stock hood. I could care less, though. It's functional and easy on the eyes.

So that's available from Aerojacket, or did you have a shop make it for you?

DIGItonium · 11-11-2013, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

So that's available from Aerojacket, or did you have a shop make it for you?

They have to cut one up. The result is nasty and requires lots of prep from the body shop if they're willing to work on it. I basically spent $1300 or so, and that includes the hood, mods from Aero Jacket, and the labor from the body shop to clean up the work, reinforce, and paint.

Chuck33079 · 11-11-2013, 10:39 AM

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Originally Posted by DIGItonium

They have to cut one up. The result is nasty and requires lots of prep from the body shop if they're willing to work on it. I basically spent $1300 or so, and that includes the hood, mods from Aero Jacket, and the labor from the body shop to clean up the work, reinforce, and paint.

So it's basically a custom hood. Damn, I was hoping for something off-the-shelf where I just needed to have it painted.

DIGItonium · 11-11-2013, 10:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

So it's basically a custom hood. Damn, I was hoping for something off-the-shelf where I just needed to have it painted.

Maybe someone can have it fabricated with vents of this style. I prefer OEM aluminum hood.

Chuck33079 · 11-11-2013, 10:44 AM

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Originally Posted by DIGItonium

Maybe someone can have it fabricated with vents of this style. I prefer OEM aluminum hood.

There's definitely a market for that hood if someone wants to buy OEM hoods and install the vents.

DIGItonium · 11-11-2013, 10:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Chuck33079

There's definitely a market for that hood if someone wants to buy OEM hoods and install the vents.

Possibly. Shipping is expensive. It's about $200. I had Aero Jacket find one locally and ship it to me, so I only pay one way.

I'm thinking with these vents, it can definitely melt ice on the windshield at some point. Weather is crazy here. It can snow or get icy by the time I leave work. [shrugs]

Chuck33079 · 11-11-2013, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by DIGItonium

Possibly. Shipping is expensive. It's about $200. I had Aero Jacket find one locally and ship it to me, so I only pay one way.

I'm thinking with these vents, it can definitely melt ice on the windshield at some point. Weather is crazy here. It can snow or get icy by the time I leave work. [shrugs]

I'd happily pay shipping to avoid being a local shop's guinea pig on cutting the hood.

Nixlimited · 11-11-2013, 10:55 AM

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Originally Posted by DIGItonium

They have to cut one up. The result is nasty and requires lots of prep from the body shop if they're willing to work on it. I basically spent $1300 or so, and that includes the hood, mods from Aero Jacket, and the labor from the body shop to clean up the work, reinforce, and paint.

Damn. I too would buy that hood if it were available.

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