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Doing the GTA hood vents, but I'm doing then different then all the others here that have... Im flush mounting them.

I started off by making the template for the Steel plates to be cut too. using a standard gauge steel for the bottom flange, and a 3/32" thick piece for the middle "ring".
corigated CB is the "ring" the white is the flange.





This pic shows how the vent will be level when the project is done.


Once I had all the steel pieces cut (no pics ) I moved on to the hood... I CAREFULLY measured out everything and made cutlines with tape on the hood..

after cutting the hole in the hood, including cutting notchs out of the hood supports and removing a few of the blobs of foam that hod the hood panle in shape (will be replaced soom) I applyed a good coat of 3M Panel bond adhesive to the pieces, put them in place and clamped then for the night.


Come back the next day and removed the clamps , to see this..
A perfectly working vent recess flange..





Then I repeated the process on the other side.. (that where I am now, its drying as we speak..)



more will follow, but as you can tell its coming along nicely, and will look 100x better then this once the metals all straitend out and the hod and vents have a fresh coat of paint to even them out.

cant wait to see it finished will look awesome

man thats gotta take some balls.
That will look really good though, nice work!

Looong4 wrote:man thats gotta take some balls.

no kidding! taking that first plug with the cut off wheel was one hell of a hard thing to do!, but it got easier after that

Seeing how your really good with body work and paint for a living, why not make a ram air hood?

not nearly enough patience...

Looong4 wrote:man thats gotta take some balls.
That will look really good though, nice work!

Just exactly what I was thinking. Looks like you know what you're doing though.

Neeeeeeeeoowwwnnnnnn! First cut kinda scary isn`t it?? Looking real good man!
You should have seen the look on my neighbours face when I did mine! Priceless!

awesome!

that was what i wanted to do from when i bought mine but never figured out how.
maybe i'll have to try it now that i see how its done

Thats what I wanted to do with mine. I still could, but I don't think I'd enjoy riding around with the cut marks and primer splotches on the hood for a year or two. I can't afford to get the hood repainted. I'll just finish the vents the way everyone else has so far, and later on when its time for a repaint I'll make 'em flush.

Awesome work!

Waiting to see the finished product.

more progress...





Cut out the backside of the liner...




I'll cut an X in what remains of the liner and fold it over to the other side.. it'll look factory

Sweet

I'm yelling at my monitor "DON"T PUT THOSE TOOLS ON THE PAINT!!!!", and "DON"T WRITE IN THE DIRT ON THE PAINT!!!!"

Other than that, it looks good, well done.

yourgrandma wrote:I'm yelling at my monitor "DON"T PUT THOSE TOOLS ON THE PAINT!!!!", and "DON"T WRITE IN THE DIRT ON THE PAINT!!!!"

Other than that, it looks good, well done.

Ha, its ok, I'm a Painter (painted this hood only a year ago.) I will be STRIPPING and painting this hood next week anyway, so its all good..

thanks for your concern tho

Peterg22000 wrote:

yourgrandma wrote:I'm yelling at my monitor "DON"T PUT THOSE TOOLS ON THE PAINT!!!!", and "DON"T WRITE IN THE DIRT ON THE PAINT!!!!"

Other than that, it looks good, well done.

Ha, its ok, I'm a Painter (painted this hood only a year ago.) I will be STRIPPING and painting this hood next week anyway, so its all good..

thanks for your concern tho

Whew! (Wipes sweat from brow)

I'm rediculous with that, I was cleaning my gun the other day when a riding buddy of mine parked his motorcycle next to my truck and put his helmet on the hood. I instinctiely loaded the gun and had to tell myself to unload it. I need therapy.

this picture just made me smile


Good work Pete

Looks like it's going to look great when it's all finished. Looks like ya went one up on the Wrenster

wow, i would love to do this to my car, but i don't have the tools/money/know how to do it.... otherwise i would... haha. unfortunately you need at least 2 of those to get the job done right. anyone in MN willing to do it for me? i'll buy the beer

psburtis wrote:wow, i would love to do this to my car, but i don't have the tools/money/know how to do it.... otherwise i would... haha. unfortunately you need at least 2 of those to get the job done right. anyone in MN willing to do it for me? i'll buy the beer

Same here. I really want to do this with mine, but I'm afraid I'd really screw it up badly. I've located some vents, now I just need to find someone around here to do it for me.

where did you get your vents? and how much were they?