Check Your Hood Vent For Damage

[Jmeo]

When I took delivery of my car last December, I found the hood vent had paint damage inside some of the louvers. It took some time, but today I finally picked up the replacement. It was warrantied thankfully, as it costs $2,000! It comes unpainted, so it then needs to be sprayed. The guy who painted this one did really good job, I must say. I have been worried all this time that the replacement was going to look like crap, but it came out great. Only one spot that I will need to hit with some rubbing compound to fix a tiny blemish.

In this picture I have circled the chipped paint down in some of the louver valleys.

Here is the replacement.

He even painted and buffed the underside, which I can say is one step better than the one from the factory.

The dealer is an hour away so I decided to take the mustang for the ride without the hood vent

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[Snoopy49]

Thanks for the heads up. I guess I dodged a bullet this time around.
Is the scoop metal or plastic?

 

[Jmeo]

Thanks for the heads up. I guess I dodged a bullet this time around.
Is the scoop metal or plastic?

It is plastic. The chips on mine were down inside the valley to the point that I never saw them. It was the PPF installer who noticed them. The car had been in my possession, and only had 45 miles on it when the damage was found. I can only assume the paint prep was bad before it was painted, to cause this type of chipping.

 

[kilobravo]

Looks good as new, Jaime...a definite bullet dodge. :-)

Can one person remove that thing?

 

[2020GT500]

Looks good as new, Jaime...a definite bullet dodge. :-)

Can one person remove that thing?

@kilobravo You don't seem to hold on to your Avatar's for long, assuming the current one is no different, when your done with this one please send my way. Thanks in advance!

 

[jpopcorn]

Excellent post and pictures. Thank you. Love that front spoiler lettering! Source?

 

[Jmeo]

Looks good as new, Jaime...a definite bullet dodge. :-)

Can one person remove that thing?

Yes, there is a locating protrusion that fits into the hood at the windshield side of the opening. This allows you to insert the protrusion into the hole, then lift the vent up into position to start some bolts. You would want to take the bolts off in the furthest away from you order, then install in reverse. Very simple. As you already know, put a blanket over the engine to catch any dropped hardware.

 

[obspsd]

Looks so cool without the hood vent.

 

[Jmeo]

Excellent post and pictures. Thank you. Love that front spoiler lettering! Source?

Thanks Johnny, I got them from Zimcraft on Instaham.

 

[kilobravo]

Johnny: I got similar domed letters here.

DomedNumbers

 

[Tomster]

Johnny: I got similar domed letters here.

DomedNumbers

I've bought from Domed Numbers before. Decent stuff.

So what color is that Kent? IIRC, they don't match color names.

 

[jpopcorn]

Thank you both, Jmeo and kilobravo! I visited both sites. Nice! Thanks again.

 

[kilobravo]

Tom: It's the only red but fortunately, it's not Race Red so it's close.

 

[50 Deep]

Nice work. I wondered why you had that off.

how much do you want for the old one?

 

[kilobravo]

Jaime: Forgot to mention that it LOOKS like even you folks from Massatoosets will be mowing the lawn soon.

And then I read about the new hotspot in Boston. <sigh> Be safe, amigo.

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