Re: Factory Hood Modification
I'll borrow a digital camera or shoot film, then have WalGreens make a CD disk to down load my hood onto this forum. I will promise pictures. Getting out the power tools,cutting out the hood openings slowly without any errors,then putting the tools back in place took 3 hours. It looks so good!. After taping up the hood with three layers to avoid paint scratches,I used a dremel tool with a cut off fibered disk for the long lines. I took about 6 passes with the disk so not to heat up the paint. Then used a wood router to shape up the tight curved corners. Set the depth of a carbide deburing tool placed into the wood routers chuck so that the cutter would pass over a very small portion of the hood bracing. Only three very small bracing areas needed trimming. So minor that it want ever weaken the hood. I'll take a picture of this area also. Gotta check to see what the rain water will be dripping onto before cutting off the three tabs that held up the rear portion of the hood insulation. May need to use these tabs for mounting some type of small light weight water deflector if I find it to be necessary. Then off to the 4X4 truck shop to get hot linex bedliner sprayed underneath the hood. Squirrel Crusher