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...

[stetsonaw]

here's what you've all been waiting for. plate is not bent (where the rod is, yes, the front piece is bent a lil to get to the open latch), i did however bend my rod a little bit so that it would "stick" under the front. the first few times, yes, i did have to slam it, but now it closes just fine. oh, and my clip is broke, but it doesn't look like it has to be.
and yes, i know it's dirty


This post has been edited by stetsonaw: Apr 9, 2009 - 10:59 PM