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    Had some free time yesterday so I was able to install some vents in my hood to help drop the underhood temps a little... Let me know what you guys think...

    To start here are pictures of the materials I purchased for the vent. Grill-O-Sheets for the mesh



    and door edge molding from any local autopart store.



    In this picture it will show the cut-out locations... I did try to make the center line and the top line run parallel to the center line and in the upper edge of the hood as well...



    After I laid out my masking tape I measured and drew out my two triangles... then I measured 1 1/2 from the top outer points and drew a line down and measured 3" up from the bottom points and drew a straight line out... I basically just cut the points off...
    then I took my Roto-zip with metal cut-off wheel attachment and went to work cutting out the shapes...


    after grinding down the edges and priming the bare metal I put the door edge molding on... then from under the hood I put the mesh material up against the hood and cut it down a little... After scuffing, priming and painting the mesh I secured them to the hood with black silicone and masking tape to hold them up overnight.

    The next morning I pulled off the tape and there was my finished homemade hood vents...






    it was pretty easy, just a little scary making the first cut but overall it can be done in just a few hours... Obviously you can also come up with your own shapes and designs... and if it concerns you, drip pans should be a piece of cake to make if you got this far... Hope this helps.

    I'll be hitting all my electrical connections with di-electric to prevent any problems with rain but if that doesn't work I'll add some drip pans under each side... We'll see what happens after a couple of trips in the rain...

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    Now those are very cool... And look easy to do.... Pat yourself on the back...Now long as the rain don't get ya, ya otta be good to go
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    Awesome job on your fabrication there Mr JCRod....I think the vents done that way look like it was factory made........Cool.....
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    looks good man
    this side up
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    Cheap and very good looking

    THX for sharing!

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    Those are sweet. Good job!
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    Nice, very nice!

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    I may be doing that to mine in the near future. I really like it.
    Let me know how it does at lowering the temp.

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    so its been a couple months have you noticed a big change in temp?

    they look good btw - also you could have used jbweld or something like that to hold them on too.

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    The vents combined with the electric fan bypass drops temps quite a bit and since I've done it I haven't had any cyl 3 misfires or rough idles on start up from heat soak... I usually leave the fan on in town when I'm running errands and turn it off (let the computer control it) on longer hwy runs... No problems with rain so I never did drip pans and I probably won't...

    And as far a JB weld goes, that was an option but since the black rtv is good to 450 degrees and a lot easier to take off if needed I went that route... They're still up there and not coming loose at all...

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    good deal I was wonderin how that turned out for ya - since im buildin mine for trails only I may make some since I wont be going fast enough for good air flow.

    thanx for the how to

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    How are these in the rain?

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    They look great. I like how it looks factory.

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    Looks great! Any issues with rain or water yet?

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