Just take it off and be done with it.......
toomanymustangs said:I did mine a couple months ago and it turned out fine.
Here's the link: http://www.svtperformance.com/forums/showthread.php?t=138298&page=3&pp=25&highlight=hood+blanket
My pics are on page 3.
definetly agreesilvercoffin said:The flaps are pieces of plastic underneath the hoodliner that almost completely cover those vents in our hoods. The vents were really just for show from ford but people either cut the flaps that cover them off or swivel them back so they can snap them back into place in rain. Ford says that too much water gets into the engine bay without the flaps in place.
So you can just take off the hoodliner if you just want it to look painted, but if you want the engine bay cooler you should pop out the covers that are over the vents.
I wont take my liner off because I really believe that it will eventually damage the hood..although it might take a while. Ford puts very little paint on these cars so I dont care how well its cured...imop its going to get damaged from the heat eventually.
I am surprised no one has made an after market hoodliner that comes with the vent cut outs and one that is decorative as well. I think that would sell great. They make them for vettes, but I cant find any for mustangs.
Sorry, digital camera broken.Romans8:28 said:I am intrested in the method, could you provide a more detailed explaination...
any photo's?
Thanks in advance for any additional info anyone can provide :thumbsup:
Take it off and velcro the flaps back. Mine has been this way for 25,000+ miles with not one issue. The car has 42k miles on it as we speak.Doc2003Cobra said:I'm interested only in removing it completely, that is why I am confused about the flap issue.
Doc2003Cobra said:Please expand on the flaps things, can't I just remove it and nothing else has to be done. If I do that is there a problem with driving in the rain?
EXACTLY!!Miamifan1354 said:Take it off.. Remove the flaps... That's it.. Done.. Close the thread..
Alex Kovacevic said:Sorry, digital camera broken.
Basically what I did was cut a perfect square in the underhood lining blanket around both vents with an exactoknife[very easy to cut through] Then I simply popped the top portions of the plastic flaps off and bent the flaps backwords leaving the vents completly open, well, not completly open, you still have the plastic hood inserts. Definetly do not break the flaps completly for you will be dearly sorry if you leave your car outside in the rain. I would also definetly not recommend taking the whole blanket out because of the heat damage it can cause to the paint. Yeah, people haven't seen damage yet, but our cars are only 2-3 years old. wait a few years. Hope this clarifies things for you.