Hood Vents

[stevec]

Oh dear but at least no other damage and hopefully an easy fix. Was only just looking at your car yesterday at Speedfest and didn't see you about anywhere :lol:

We wandered around a lot and spent the rest of the time on the bank just behind the cars watching the racing. Would have been good to see you.

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[sheps5.0]

My passenger side one has come away from the bonnet at the front by a couple of inches. Showed it to Mike at speedfest and will be going up and getting it stuck back down in the very near future.

 

[spogshd]

That's why I only cut out the absolute minimum, so there was a lot of surface area.

 

[Elvis66]

So your heat extractors were never bolted down ..just bonded with like glue ?

 

[stevec]

So your heat extractors were never bolted down ..just bonded with like glue ?

You cant bolt them. We are having to do a bodge job because ford didn't supply our cars with them and the hood is not designed to take them. Did you find a way to bolt them?

 

[stevec]

That's why I only cut out the absolute minimum, so there was a lot of surface area.

I think we all did mate. No-one cuts out more than they have to but you are always going to end up with the lip at the front.

 

[stevec]

My passenger side one has come away from the bonnet at the front by a couple of inches. Showed it to Mike at speedfest and will be going up and getting it stuck back down in the very near future.

I would be tempted to gaffer tape that front edge....or make sure you dont drive fast!

 

[twold]

Anyway,
So I may have said that I lent on the bonnet just in front of the passenger side vent and it popped the bonnet from the vent and I may have said to others to be aware of this.= when cleaning.

What I should have added is, for crying out loud if this happens to you get it re-bonded asap, don't just think, 'it'll be fine'.....it wont!

It parted company from the bonnet as I was cruising down the M25 admiring a nice Camaro that had left American Speedfest about the same time as myself.

Through the power of social media and my new friends from mustang6g (namely Manders and 666mac) I have another set on the way.

Mind you, my gaffer tape repair is making me wonder if I need the new ones. You can hardly see the difference!!

I don't have them nor know anything about them but I would have thought looking at the photos that some carefully added screws would be possible to back up the glue without looking too bad as I can imagine this happening again.

 

[simonp83]

Would a US Hood/bonnet fit ours or is it incompatible due to the EU struts?

 

[stevec]

Even if it did, its a lot more costky but yeh, I have coinsidered it.

I have been thinking about some sort of screw option myself. Or maybe putting a spacer between the two hood skins to stop the upper skin being able to be pressed downwards.

 

[spogshd]

Surface area on mine, I did a template first off then mod the vent. I used tiger grip, you can lift the car with these vents lol

 

[Manders Mustang]

I don't have them nor know anything about them but I would have thought looking at the photos that some carefully added screws would be possible to back up the glue without looking too bad as I can imagine this happening again.

If you want to split the plastic sure, the second skin isn't the most user friendly, there's a big hole where th event grille sits, but screws really aint going to do much, the vents are hollow.

I'd reverse glue mine on the inside,

American ones use a cable with a loop on it to hold it from flying it off, that's screwed into a screw point.

 

[Stark]

Surface area on mine, I did a template first off then mod the vent. I used tiger grip, you can lift the car with these vents lol

This looks the better way to do it because you only need a cut out below the vent itself and with less cut away, it means a bigger surface area for glue between bonnet and vent.......

 

[Manders Mustang]

This looks the better way to do it because you only need a cut out below the vent itself and with less cut away, it means a bigger surface area for glue between bonnet and vent.......

Like it really matters how much is cut, hardly reversible lol :lol:

 

[Stark]

Like it really matters how much is cut, hardly reversible lol :lol:

Well it does if you want more surface area to bond the two parts together and prevent failure....nothing to do with reversing the mod lol

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