GT Four hood Options

[erahman85]

I put my GT4 hood on my car today just to see if it fit right and noticed that the insulation was all messed up (its hanging off the hood and touching the engine. Can I leave it the way it is or will it catch on fire? what about the grill in the hood, wont rain get in it and mess up my engine? How do I fix this stuff?

[azian_advanced]

check if your insulator is being kept up by big round clips.. if they're not there put some on. but if they are there, then probably the holes in the insulator are torn and is falling through the clip. so you'll probably need a new one.

mine is also hanging a bit. it's mainly because when it rains, it pours out the vent rain guard tray towards the front of the hood and as you drive, the wind flowing through the bumper blows the water back towards the insulator and slowly deteriorates it. i haven't found a fix to it yet, but i don't think it'll catch on fire or anything..

[presure2]

just take it off.

it dont hurt anything, ive had it (the gt-4 front end) forever, no issues.

[erahman85]

Hmmm I'll consider taking it off but that plastic piece that is attached to the hood scoop seems to be part of the insulation also. What about the rain in the grill no biggie??? thanx in advance, maybe I'll post pic. I cut off part of the insulation that was all messed up.

[_mikeE]

It's this special wool stuff, no need to cut it, and it won't catch on fire. It's just an insulator for the heat.
Also, when I got my gt4 hood, I also inquired about rain. Apparently there's been this waterproof spray that was sprayed over your engine bay so no need about rain getting in however, it'd be wise if you got a rain guard or something to protect your wires. I was lucky to get mine from Randy (97lestyousay) he doesn't make them anymoer though. The only downside to this is that your engine won't stay as clean as usual no more.
Anyway, just take it off, it'll take some weight off your car and now that you cut it, it kinda looks ugly with this thing dangling around.

[malpaso]

If you had that rain guard just use that only...



I have solved it the same way...

[_mikeE]

Just out of curiosity, if you have that stock rainguard, where does the water run to--from what it looks like, it seems as thought the water runs through to the front and pours down parallel with the radiator?!
Or does it just sit in there until you open you hood and it pours down along your hood to the back so it can drain?

[Insanity-74]

Just leave all that rubbish off...you dont need any of it at all...been running mine for 4 years without any of the sound deadening material or the scoop guard in place and its been fine...never had a single problem from water ingress, rust or anything...just rip it all out....it`ll even save you a bit of weight....not much, but a bit. You wont suffer paint fade, water issues, heat issues nothing.

[D-Man]

No burn. It isn't capable of burning unless you expose it to OPEN flame. (and a fairly large one at that)

[_mikeE]

Even so, it's that specific material that's...what do they call it again!? "Fire Retardant" or somethin' like that haha not sure if that's the right word but even it was to burn, it'll burn slowly.

[erahman85]

Hmmm sounds good, thanks for the replies. Yeah I did try to set a piece on fire with a lighter just to see what would happen and the insulation didn't burn but the black part did. Probably will just rip it off or fashion one from pieces of another car. we'll see. on another note I'm really pissed off cuz I bought this thing on ebay and they only pictured 2 dents and the whole thing is just f'd up, will need a lot of repairs.

By the way is there a thread on modifying your hood latch to make it work with this hood correctly?

[malpaso]

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By the way is there a thread on modifying your hood latch to make it work with this hood correctly?

my solution (prolonged by welding)


solution of azian_advanced (just bended aside)

[_mikeE]

Woah you can bend it like that and it'll work!?--never thought about doing that before. Because I haven't yet installed my gt4 hood yet, but i was considering welding it to extend it but if we can bend it, that'll save me the inconvenience.
So just bend it clockwise like ~35 degrees and that's all? or any other work.
Also malpaso, comparing your pic to Gerald's, you have that metal clip where u screwed the bumper onto and attached with on the framing whereas Gerald's is just one long bolt. You can get those metal clip things at any hardware store right? And just do some minor bending/sauder?

This post has been edited by _mikeE: Mar 23, 2008 - 3:13 PM

[azian_advanced]

i like how you have those metal brackets on the gt4 bumper martin, after all those pms i thought you had done it my way instead.. very creative..

and about the latch, just make sure you do it right.. by that i mean make sure the hood is held down good.. or else you'll pull a rayme j/k.. or worse, might get into an accident if your hood flies up.