Hood Liner Mod How To
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I have a couple suggestions to make that I found made my mod come out really clean.
1. In order to mark the hood blanket so you can get really clean and symetrical holes cut, remove the blanket, pop the hood vents out, then replace the blanket with just a couple push pins, then take a felt marker and mark your cuts on the back side of the blanket.
2. I found that using a Fine Tooth Hack Saw Blade by itself holding it with a leather glove cut the blanket just like butter and left a super clean edge and was really easy to follow the lines I made on the back side. I ended up with 2 perfect pieces when I finished my cuts.
1. In order to mark the hood blanket so you can get really clean and symetrical holes cut, remove the blanket, pop the hood vents out, then replace the blanket with just a couple push pins, then take a felt marker and mark your cuts on the back side of the blanket.
2. I found that using a Fine Tooth Hack Saw Blade by itself holding it with a leather glove cut the blanket just like butter and left a super clean edge and was really easy to follow the lines I made on the back side. I ended up with 2 perfect pieces when I finished my cuts.
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ShelbyGuy said:
But, not all of us are lucky enough to have the underiside of the hood painted all the way !! I took my hoodliner off, and noticed there is about a foot long area the length of the hood where they didn't bother putting any paint on. Cheap Bastards at Ford !!!!
As a alternative for the flex trim, use 3M Scotch, P/N 2228 (1 in x 10 ft x .065 in)Rubber Mastic tape. This stuff is cheap and can be found at any Home Depot. Stuff looks just like the pictures show above and is moldable. Looks great and has been on the car for a year now with no problems. Also people not familar with the 03/04 Cobra hoods thinks it is stock.
I completely removed my hood liner months ago, and attached the flaps back with velcro. Seemed a lot easier to me than cutting the liner. But since then I have noticed a real degradation in my AM radio reception, which bothers me on the nightly commute home when I want to listen to sports talk radio. Plus I just noticed the other day that the adhesive on the velcro has failed, probably due to the engine heat, so now the flaps are just hanging down.
So now I am leaning toward cutting the blanket and putting it back on, to both improve the AM radio reception and to hold the flaps up behind the blanket.
My underside of the hood also has some tape on it that was left on for the factory paint job, and it is not completely painted, but that doesn't really bother me at all.
So now I am leaning toward cutting the blanket and putting it back on, to both improve the AM radio reception and to hold the flaps up behind the blanket.
My underside of the hood also has some tape on it that was left on for the factory paint job, and it is not completely painted, but that doesn't really bother me at all.
That 3M rubber mastic tape sounds ideal!
Good for outdoor applications, with a strong as heck adhesive and high heat capabilty. Here is a 3M data sheet on it: DATA SHEET
Good for outdoor applications, with a strong as heck adhesive and high heat capabilty. Here is a 3M data sheet on it: DATA SHEET
I read a year ago about a guy on here that used the tape and after a few months it started peeling off. If it works for you right on, if you just put it on, I'd watch it so it doesn't make a mess.
............. and the hood mod lives on............
Flex Trim
Do you still have some flex trim left? If so how many feet. I cut the blanket way down so I can close the flaps when I wash the car. Need about 10 feet.
Thanks
Jeff
BurnTine
Do you still have some flex trim left? If so how many feet. I cut the blanket way down so I can close the flaps when I wash the car. Need about 10 feet.
Thanks
Jeff
BurnTine
03yllwguy said:
BLK03SVT10TH said:I have a couple suggestions to make that I found made my mod come out really clean.
1. In order to mark the hood blanket so you can get really clean and symetrical holes cut, remove the blanket, pop the hood vents out, then replace the blanket with just a couple push pins, then take a felt marker and mark your cuts on the back side of the blanket.
2. I found that using a Fine Tooth Hack Saw Blade by itself holding it with a leather glove cut the blanket just like butter and left a super clean edge and was really easy to follow the lines I made on the back side. I ended up with 2 perfect pieces when I finished my cuts.
Got any pics of the final thing, BLK03SVT10TH??
I'll be doing this mod Jan 23rd at a get together, so I want to get the best cut holes possible. Also, what color marker? Just a typical sharpie felt tip permanent? Does it show up on the black??
Also, I got 1/4" flex trim. They had 3/8" flex trim, but I got the 1/4". Will it fit? Should I take it back and get the 3/8"???
Let me know fellas :thumbsup:
Easy access to close vents.
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I'm a first time poster to this site. I have an '04 Cobra with 2000 miles on it. It was my daily driver from April until 1 Nov when the snow hit. My hood blanket has become very tattered (shredding) to the drivers side of center. I've looked for what could cause this but cannot find the culprit. Has anyone else come across this and if so what outcome did you discover? I'm thinking seriously about removing it altogether and have read what problems have come from that, i.e. AM radio reception. That is not a concern for me but the added heat to the hood and the possible paint fading on the hood does worry me. It doesn't get hot here in Alaska, mabe a high of 80 degrees on the hottest of days. Any feedback would be helpful. Thanks in advance.
Took mine off today but I'm still trying to figure out what to do with the vent covers: Cut up or velcro. Either way, the middle area of my hood doesn't seem to be painted, and I don't care cause it looks better than my water-stained hood liner!
yea this is a awesome free mod, i removed the hood-blanket and then i ripped off the flaps. whats so cool about this mod is that when you come to a stop light, and you look above the vents as your sitting in the car you can see the heatwaves rise. it's pretty cool and it's awesome that those vents are being used.
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