Moparrbust Jaguar XKR hood mod looks so cool, I've just gotta do it! The factory hood's just another bolt on item so it'll be OK to modify it. Just removed my hood and laid it across saw horses. I'll be running around in the rain with a plywood hood for a few days. Used water pipe foam insulation around the edges to get a good seal without scuffing up the paint. After removing the two piece plastic fasteners, the insulation blanket can be removed. I want be reusing the blanket for it will just spunge up rain water from the vent openings. I'll be having the hood underside hot sprayed by Linex Truck Bed Liner. I'll be using the same vents that Moparrbust discovered. 2009 Jaguar XKR. Part numbers> C2P14033XXX and C2P14034XXX . It's called a Finisher-Air Ven and they cost $77.22 each. The underside of these plastic vents are designed to snap into place with cut out notches in the hood. The underside of our hood bracing is NOT identical for extra support is need for the single hood hydraulic shock. Even at that,These vents will fit into our stock hoods and still retain the stock hood bracing. By cutting off the plastic vent snaps on the bottom of the vents with a dremel fibered cut off disk,then using the dremel sanding drum tube attachment to remove any traces of tabs,you end up with a 3/4" smooth surface around the vent flange for double sided 3M tape. Ill probably use 5/8" so the 3M tape want show around the edges. Anyway,The reason I cut off these tabs is so that I could cut a smaller diameter hole into the hood. Two small area brace notches will be necessary on the passenger side and only one area for the drivers side. These notches will just be on the brace's outer edge. I made up a very percise detailed pattern so all should be well. I'll take some pictures this week. Thanks Moparrbust for getting me motivated!!... Squirrel Crusher