CF Hood received!

[fnkngrv]

So I did test fitment this evening. Had a little trouble with the fact that the proprod hole is too small...actually about half as small as it needs to be so I will need to shave that a bit and try not to go too much. If I can find one of my files I may try that. A lot more work, but less likely to screw it up. I need to align the hood a little better and of course take care of the latch issue.

[fnkngrv]

well after about 20 minutes of filing the proprod hole I was able to get it to fit quite nicely. I went ahead and grabbed my Sharpy and soaked the filed area inside the hole and you really can't even tell I had to do it. Now to tackle the latch (groans). I think that I am going to have to wait until during the day tomorrow for that one.

[annn]

Originally Posted by fnkngrv

well after about 20 minutes of filing the proprod hole I was able to get it to fit quite nicely. I went ahead and grabbed my Sharpy and soaked the filed area inside the hole and you really can't even tell I had to do it. Now to tackle the latch (groans). I think that I am going to have to wait until during the day tomorrow for that one.

I understand,Been on this same path....latch may need the "socket" fix I tested the other way and no go for the glass hood. Watch those far ends on the front for lift also if you have problems fitting try washers in weird combos on hinge bolts,I had to go 1 this rear 1 think front on right side and 1 thick on the rear left..just to get my hood to sit semi right.

[tomato]

wow, big change!! good luck with the rest of the project!

[fnkngrv]

Alright, so I figured out how to get the hood to latch without cutting the latch or the latch receiver. I figured out that the secondary latch which sticks up higher was hitting the hood when I would attempt to have it latch the primary receiver so I used my titanium drill bit and carved the hole by the latch more and voila! Well not totally. I also used my titanium step bit to drill out the holes on the latch receiver assembly so that I could bring the assembly up a little bit. The last thing that I did was adjust the bumpstops on the bumper cover by "screwing" them down a few turns. Once I did that it latched without a problem...no drilling out the receiver nor cutting the latch itself.

[Yaris_PR]

looks great man!!!

[annn]

Alright, so I figured out how to get the hood to latch without cutting the latch or the latch receiver. I figured out that the secondary latch which sticks up higher was hitting the hood when I would attempt to have it latch the primary receiver so I used my titanium drill bit and carved the hole by the latch more and voila! Well not totally. I also used my titanium step bit to drill out the holes on the latch receiver assembly so that I could bring the assembly up a little bit. The last thing that I did was adjust the bumpstops on the bumper cover by "screwing" them down a few turns. Once I did that it latched without a problem...no drilling out the receiver nor cutting the latch itself.

wow ! COULD THIS HAVE BEEN THE ANSWER ALL ALONG ??

[fnkngrv]

Originally Posted by annn

wow ! COULD THIS HAVE BEEN THE ANSWER ALL ALONG ??

perhaps...I was going off what others were suggesting to me with how they were dealing with the MI hood...lemmings? lol

[fender_boi]

nice hood.. good job.. any problems regarding the vents? especially when raining and car washing.. water flushes through the vents inside the engine bay..

[fnkngrv]

Originally Posted by fender_boi

nice hood.. good job.. any problems regarding the vents? especially when raining and car washing.. water flushes through the vents inside the engine bay..

The two main vents have the panels in them and I don't plan on taking them out. As for the intake vent that one is pretty small so hopefully I don't see any issues there either. Garm runs his with the vents open and he says he doesn't have any issues tho.

[cali yaris]

water flushes through the vents inside the engine bay..

You can pour a garden hose onto your motor and you won't hurt it. Just don't get too much water onto the intake filter.

I run water/meth injection; that injects water directly into the intake.

[fnkngrv]

The only concern like I said for me is the intake vent...with my AFE on that makes me a little skiddish in regards to the car wash. I don't have the ability to wash my car where I am living right now in my yard or anything so I have to use the LazerWash system downtown which if course sprays water 90 degrees toward the hood...I was talking with my buddy and he said that he could build me an insert for that vent that I could put in place when I take it thru the wash...I might take him up on that. That being said it seems like that intake vent has breathed new life into my AFE (pardon the pun). I am getting much snappier throttle response. It also brought me to notice that when I had my car stored the guy that was storing it may have been responsible for my loss of fuel economy and performance when I came back from Afghanistan last year. He zip tied the amp power wire to the top of the rubber gasket that is on top of the AFE "box" which was causing more hot air from the engine bay into my intake rather than cool air...not too good. I am taking care of the amp power wire reroute this evening. I still need to do some tweaking of alignment on the hood. It sits a little lower compared to the body panels and is a couple mm off in alignment front to back/side to side.

[fender_boi]

i see.. thanks for the informations .. =]