New England Winter Mods

[Happy_Dan]

That looks great. I love it!

[CFD]

Originally Posted by TRC-SS

Another teaser shot.

Will Upload all my photos to my build tomorrow.

Someone's been real busy!! Looks agrressive as hell.

[FAIRNOT LZ1]

So what exactly was ... is... the problem with the hood clearance???
by the way Looks great Tim!

[TRC-SS]

Originally Posted by FAIRNOT LZ1

So what exactly was ... is... the problem with the hood clearance???
by the way Looks great Tim!

When the hood is up like in the picture below all is good. But when i go to close the hood the bottom edge of the hood hits the top portion of the bumper. (yellow circle in middle)

Also the strut piston hits the ACS T3 port on the side of the hood causing the hood to push up when its closed. Thats why i had to take the rods out when ever i closed the hood. This rideskinz bumper is all handlaid fiberglass so its not exactly the same as the factory bumper. So the rideskinz bumper its a big larger in that front area.



So we raised the hood hinge to clear the front bumper, But that created a large gap between the hood and the bumper. I could stick my fingers in the gap and touch under the hood. And the circles indicate where the hood rods push up on the hood.


This kit worked fine when i had stock hood and bumper....but i had to go changing things that were not meant to be there.!!

[Danb79]

the hood looks great! can you fix the gaps? love the LED fog lights!

[TRC-SS]

Originally Posted by Danb79

the hood looks great! can you fix the gaps? love the LED fog lights!

Thanks bud, The only way i can fix the gaps is to go back to the stock hinges. I have to lose the reverse hinge.

[PAUL SS]

Four boxes waiting for me at the local UPS terminal, scheduled to be delivered Monday, but I will take a ride over and see if I can snag them.

[One-Bad-ZL1]

Enjoy the Girl Scout cookies I sent you!

[PAUL SS]

Originally Posted by One-Bad-ZL1

Enjoy the Girl Scout cookies I sent you!

That's going to be a LOT of cookies!

[v6sonoma]

Originally Posted by PAUL SS

Four boxes waiting for me at the local UPS terminal, scheduled to be delivered Monday, but I will take a ride over and see if I can snag them.

[PAUL SS]

I have a feeling they haven't unloaded the trailer yet and I will be out of luck. :(

[One-Bad-ZL1]

Originally Posted by PAUL SS

That's going to be a LOT of cookies!

You know it, damn near broke me and those poor girls backs really hurt loading up the four boxes.

[FAIRNOT LZ1]

Originally Posted by TRC-SS

When the hood is up like in the picture below all is good. But when i go to close the hood the bottom edge of the hood hits the top portion of the bumper. (yellow circle in middle)

Also the strut piston hits the ACS T3 port on the side of the hood causing the hood to push up when its closed. Thats why i had to take the rods out when ever i closed the hood. This rideskinz bumper is all handlaid fiberglass so its not exactly the same as the factory bumper. So the rideskinz bumper its a big larger in that front area.



So we raised the hood hinge to clear the front bumper, But that created a large gap between the hood and the bumper. I could stick my fingers in the gap and touch under the hood. And the circles indicate where the hood rods push up on the hood.


This kit worked fine when i had stock hood and bumper....but i had to go changing things that were not meant to be there.!!

There has to be a way!
Is there another Manufacture of the hinges that will work on your style nose? ... there must be, your car is known to us by that hood! Tim you got to try and keep it

[TRC-SS]

Originally Posted by FAIRNOT LZ1

There has to be a way!
Is there another Manufacture of the hinges that will work on your style nose? ... there must be, your car is known to us by that hood! Tim you got to try and keep it

Wish there was bud...but we just cant get it to look right. We can get it to work fine. however im left with the hood lines higher and a large gap. Only way to fix that is to re glass the top of the bumper and repaint and thats not going to happen either.

Instead of being known for the reverse hood ill be known for the only one in the eastern coast with the Rideskinz front end

Plus ill still have my custom hood, just will open normal, not reverse.