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...

[Sinyk]

ding ding ding!

Lil-Joe101 is the winner with his bend the bar around the front of the latch idea!

First I tried to "tuck" the front of the cooling panel in the small groove on the front side to no avail. Either the panel was cut too wide or my car's shape has changed over time because only the left 2/3's of the panel would go in. The right 1/3 would not and did not have a hope in hell of fitting in the groove.




Here is as close as I could get to tucking it in:


This is how tight it is. As I said, no chance...

I may try filing the edge of the plate down to see if it will tuck in at some point in the future.


So then I tried Lil-Joe101's idea about bending the bar forward and my hood closed! I admit, the bar looks a bit funny now when it's up, sticking out and curved, but it seems to hold just fine. I may try to smooth out the curve of the bar a bit before calling it a day.



Closure!


This post has been edited by Sinyk: Apr 10, 2009 - 12:42 PM

[trdproven]

ding ding ding!

Lil-Joe101 is the winner with his bend the bar around the front of the latch idea!

First I tried to "tuck" the front of the cooling panel in the small groove on the front side to no avail. Either the panel was cut too wide or my car's shape has changed over time because only the left 2/3's of the panel would go in. The right 1/3 would not and did not have a hope in hell of fitting in the groove.




Here is as close as I could get to tucking it in:


This is how tight it is. As I said, no chance...

I may try filing the edge of the plate down to see if it will tuck in at some point in the future.


So then I tried Lil-Joe101's idea about bending the bar forward and my hood closed! I admit, the bar looks a bit funny now when it's up, sticking out and curved, but it seems to hold just fine. I may try to smooth out the curve of the bar a bit before calling it a day.



Closure!

that sucks a bit, hood will be lower when you use it and your hood prop is not even locked. TRDPROVEN = ANTI-RIGGING/PRO-OEM

This post has been edited by trdproven: Apr 10, 2009 - 9:16 PM