Stuff on the hood?
05-13-04, 10:51 AM
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Stuff on the hood?
How necessary is the heat retardant fabric on the buttom of the hood?
My car has been undercoated and everywhere under the hood, doors and even trunk is dark yellow undercoating crap. It looks horrible and I want to start cleaning everything until its shiny again.
I dont plan on letting the car see a full winter or if I do I'll get the cheap undercoating crap.
Can I rid my hood of the fabric or will the hood warp?
My car has been undercoated and everywhere under the hood, doors and even trunk is dark yellow undercoating crap. It looks horrible and I want to start cleaning everything until its shiny again.
I dont plan on letting the car see a full winter or if I do I'll get the cheap undercoating crap.
Can I rid my hood of the fabric or will the hood warp?
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05-14-04, 09:35 AM
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WARNING!!!!! when you take it off, you may be able to hear your injectors ticking outside the car... Weird, but a lot of guys seem to think that when you remove the horse hair, the aluminum roof amplifies the injector ticking!!!!
I could hear my injectors anyway, but when i took the crap off, i could hear all sorts of other noises as well!!!
I took it off my car cause it was rubbing on my polished stut bar. (i know... bling bling... but it took me HOURS to polish that bar!!!)
I could hear my injectors anyway, but when i took the crap off, i could hear all sorts of other noises as well!!!
I took it off my car cause it was rubbing on my polished stut bar. (i know... bling bling... but it took me HOURS to polish that bar!!!)
05-17-04, 03:03 PM
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I believe it was scathcart who removed his, and noticed no peeling paint or any other problems from the hood.
I've also heard of folks whose fabric stuff caught fire with an engine fire. I'm pretty sure the fabric's main purpose is noise reduction.
I've also heard of folks whose fabric stuff caught fire with an engine fire. I'm pretty sure the fabric's main purpose is noise reduction.
05-19-04, 10:04 AM
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whomever owen my 7 before me must have parked the car under a rock tree. There are so many dings in the hood I dont know what could have happened.
Time to try out the ding king!
Time to try out the ding king!
05-19-04, 10:26 AM
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I have mine off... Although I do have my hood undercoated... my fabric was in bad shape, but I wanted heat/fluid/rust protection, so I put rubberized undercoating on it.
05-19-04, 12:37 PM
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Originally posted by cezonetheillest
leave it there. it is supposed to fall off if your engine catches fire and put it out.
leave it there. it is supposed to fall off if your engine catches fire and put it out.
05-19-04, 03:39 PM
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im sure the stuff does keep heat from under the hood from damaging the paint but when my pd failed all that stuff caught on fire, i dont think its fire retardant. so i duno what will happen if you take it off and drive it everyday, the heat could cause the paint to fade or look bad but i guess that risk is up to you, in most cases fc's paint is faded enough it wont matter. oh yeah it prolly weights 3~4 lbs or less, not very much at all.
