For all those with cooling panels Options

[Sinyk]

I can't close my hood with the cooling panel installed. Every time I try to close the hood, it bounces back up because it collides with the hood stand. The only way I can seem to get the hood to close is by slamming it about as hard as possible which is unacceptable, so how can I get my hood to close WITHOUT removing the hood stand bar? I do not want to install hood shocks nor do I want to carry my hood stand in the trunk. It seems like a lot of people are using these panels and must be able to close their hoods, so how do I do it?

With it in place:


Where the hood prop keeps hitting the bar.


I noticed that the frame bends inward to accommodate the hood stand, but the cooling panel straightens this section.


Please help. I'm very frustrated...

[trdproven]

Plain and simple...

1. remove the hood rubber (middle only) and the hood prop (put in trunk) or inside.
2. get hood dampers.
3. there is no way to keep the hood prop with the cooling panel because the panel is in the way of the prop actually sitting in its right position. The prop actually sits lower than the panel. For example the swivel section of the prop has to reach the locking section at the other end but the middle (cooling panel is too high).

Sorry but this is the only ways, even if you modify the hood prop you would still have to realize #3. The prop would have to go under the panel and at the same time you would have to maneuver it up and under the panel each time you want to use it.

This post has been edited by trdproven: Apr 9, 2009 - 9:55 AM