Epiphany
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So I'm taking my time going through the car and cleaning everything up. Disassembling, cleaning, and treating if there is a hint of any oxidation or corrosion. I've gone through the top of the engine bay, the rotors and wheelwell areas, and ceramic coated the wheels and calipers. I hand rubbed the rotor hats with aluminum cleaner to nip oxidation in the bud there. I've avoided detailing the louvered hood vent for long enough so I decided to remove it and clean it up too.
To begin with, it is kind of awkward to remove, especially if you are by yourself. You can remove the vent with the rain tray still attached and then remove the tray later if you so choose. You need a 10mm socket to remove the vent bolts and a T25 Torx bit to separate the tray from the vent (whenever you decide to remove that too).
I covered the engine area so as to catch any of the fasteners if I dropped them. I also pulled the hood down a bit with some braided line at the front as my car is up in the air a bit on a lift. Note that the perimeter bolts come out easy enough but there are two push pins that stop you from tipping the front of the vent down that need to carefully be removed. I used some nylon trim removal tools to pop them from the hood. Once removed, you can lower the front of the louver down.
There are two tangs at the rear of the vent that slip into slots in the hood. Once you lower the front of the vent you can then pull the vent forward and out of the slots.
The two pins that you have to pop at the front of the vent...
And the slots in the hood that capture the tangs from the vent...
Finally off the car.
Having this off and apart gave me a great opportunity to clean everything up good. This car sat outside for a month in December in Missouri with a hold on it and then I drove it over 1,000 miles home to NY.
I've become a fan of cleaning and detailing products from Adams.
Hard to capture but the vent came out perfect. What a beautiful piece it is. I'll detail the entire assembly and then put it back in place and move on to the next area.
Remember, if you try to remove the vent, carefully pop the pins out up front or you'll likely fracture the perimeter flange in that area.
To begin with, it is kind of awkward to remove, especially if you are by yourself. You can remove the vent with the rain tray still attached and then remove the tray later if you so choose. You need a 10mm socket to remove the vent bolts and a T25 Torx bit to separate the tray from the vent (whenever you decide to remove that too).
I covered the engine area so as to catch any of the fasteners if I dropped them. I also pulled the hood down a bit with some braided line at the front as my car is up in the air a bit on a lift. Note that the perimeter bolts come out easy enough but there are two push pins that stop you from tipping the front of the vent down that need to carefully be removed. I used some nylon trim removal tools to pop them from the hood. Once removed, you can lower the front of the louver down.
There are two tangs at the rear of the vent that slip into slots in the hood. Once you lower the front of the vent you can then pull the vent forward and out of the slots.
The two pins that you have to pop at the front of the vent...
And the slots in the hood that capture the tangs from the vent...
Finally off the car.
Having this off and apart gave me a great opportunity to clean everything up good. This car sat outside for a month in December in Missouri with a hold on it and then I drove it over 1,000 miles home to NY.
I've become a fan of cleaning and detailing products from Adams.
Hard to capture but the vent came out perfect. What a beautiful piece it is. I'll detail the entire assembly and then put it back in place and move on to the next area.
Remember, if you try to remove the vent, carefully pop the pins out up front or you'll likely fracture the perimeter flange in that area.
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