 Hood heat protection for GT4, what do you guys think |
 May 5, 2004 - 3:11 AM
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Well i have a GT4 and i am thinking of making the hood scoop functional by removing the insulation from under the hood. Due to high temps in my country the heat soak on the hood will be great. So after giving it some thought i think i will remove the insulation and cover parts of the hood underneath with a self adhesive heat rerflecting material. I found this. reflective material
Does anybody else tryed something similar? Is that product reliable? What do you think? |
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May 6, 2004 - 1:41 AM
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Enthusiast Joined Oct 24, '03 From Cyprus Currently Offline Reputation: 0 (0%) |
Well you see i dont really ever leave my car out in the sun as we hae 11 months summer in my country and actualy in the summer its about 40 Celcious in the shade (100 F) My uncle has a dealership and i have seen hundreds of paint jobs ruined by the sun. Others have told me that heat soak from the engine would not probably ruin the paint job of the hood but seeing how much hotter it gets under there compared to my curren i don't want to risk it. And for $15 for a piece of 24"x12" (probably need 2 pieces to cover some major parts only) i think there is no reason for doubting.
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neoklis Hood heat protection for GT4 May 5, 2004 - 3:11 AM
Magic Neoklis,i think you should just remove the insulat... May 5, 2004 - 6:04 AM Tweek I have a 94 GT and was wondering the same thing. I... May 5, 2004 - 6:20 AM neoklis The reason is to avoid any heat soak and damage to... May 5, 2004 - 6:30 AM neoklis The link does not quite work. try search "The... May 5, 2004 - 6:33 AM uzthedentist neoklis the bonnet doesnt get v hot anyway. It wil... May 5, 2004 - 7:31 AM SlowCelica94 I took my mat off so i could put all me stickers u... May 5, 2004 - 10:39 AM BlackCelicaGT94 you have installation on your hood? hmm i dont... May 5, 2004 - 10:54 AM Chrobis All Celica's came with the hoodinsulation, as ... May 5, 2004 - 3:53 PM BlackCelicaGT94 nope didnt order it with the GT4 hood and didnt ha... May 5, 2004 - 3:56 PM GT4SUM QUOTE (uzthedentist @ May 5, 2004 - 5:31 AM) neokl... May 5, 2004 - 6:56 PM Crzybakerdog i thought that insulation was for fire protection,... May 5, 2004 - 7:12 PM Chrobis QUOTE (BlackCelicaGT94 @ May 5, 2004 - 12:56 PM) n... May 6, 2004 - 11:32 AM BlackCelicaGT94 what the celica gt? yeah it was used May 6, 2004 - 11:36 AM Sirius You will be amazed at the amount of heat which pou... May 6, 2004 - 1:12 PM UT_Celica_GT so say you remove it on a GT4 hood. what if it do... May 6, 2004 - 9:37 PM jontechie I've been thinking about removing the insulati... May 7, 2004 - 2:40 AM Sirius QUOTE (UT_Celica_GT @ May 7, 2004 - 2:37 AM) so sa... May 7, 2004 - 9:41 AM
Chrobis Do you think your engine dosnt get wet when your d... May 7, 2004 - 10:19 AM |
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