cowl hood i need ideas

rowicki · Sep 28, 2006

ok so i am kinda new to this but have been searching around for a while.
i am in the beginning stages of building a 6 in. cowl 18 inches wide and front to back of the hood. the general construction doesnt pose any problem and my thought is to go to lowes and by the 3 foot steel L brackets and rivet the cowl the the bracket and the bracket to the hood. reason being i am concerned about the flex of the hood itself blowing all of my rivets and cracking all of the bondo and fiberglass. this may or may not work. still thinkin....
any thoughts or ideas will be greatly appreciated.

rookie_j · Sep 28, 2006

get some good auto body adhesive, works awesome.

Boghog1 · Sep 28, 2006

http://www.go.jeep-xj.info/HowtoBonnet.htm

RichP · Sep 29, 2006

Go look at the wrangler hood at aev first, their actually works for off road..

http://aev-conversions.com/AEVHoods.html

Blue XJ · Sep 29, 2006

rowicki said:
reason being i am concerned about the flex of the hood itself blowing all of my rivets and cracking all of the bondo and fiberglass

I had that issue. I welded mine on, with tacks every 2 inches or so. There were a couple spots that the tacks were 3 - 3.5 inches apart and the bondo in these spots started to crack a little. I think its from when the hood closes, since I have to slam it a bit.

I don't have any pictures of the cracks, but they are extremely small, and barely noticeable, but they are there. I will be going back and throwing a bunch of tacks on the inside of the scoop as well, which should eliminate that problem.

I found a color that is an identical match to the faded blue as well, so the hood looks pretty good now that its the same color.

troy6187 · Sep 29, 2006

pic of my cowl scoop...early ford ranger hood skin. angle in the front is the stock bend...the rst is bent to fit.
http://www.fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft.dll/standard?pictid={1FF6F9DD-07BD-41F3-B4F4-300D5B17D2C0}&exp=f&moddt=38989.0134462269&ssdyn=1

Gojeep · Sep 29, 2006

troy6187 said:
pic of my cowl scoop...early ford ranger hood skin. angle in the front is the stock bend...the rst is bent to fit.
http://www.fototime.com/ftweb/bin/ft.dll/standard?pictid={1FF6F9DD-07BD-41F3-B4F4-300D5B17D2C0}&exp=f&moddt=38989.0134462269&ssdyn=1

Like to see what that looks like but the link says I need a subscription to see them??

badron · Sep 29, 2006

The one peace look is hard to beat and if done right will not separate. But the add on look is cool to just get a prefab scoop made to bolt on and use polished stainless fasteners.

rowicki · Sep 29, 2006

cool thanks guy some good ideas. dont stop now but i a going think about some of this ...thanks again

rowicki · Sep 29, 2006

hey blue xj did you do an add on or cut and bend...reason i ask is i see the dip in the center of the hood.....

GhostDakota · Sep 29, 2006

If I had the money!

http://www.quadratec.com/products/55023_003_T.htm

Blue XJ · Sep 30, 2006

rowicki said:
hey blue xj did you do an add on or cut and bend...reason i ask is i see the dip in the center of the hood.....

I picked up a spare hood and separate the skin from it, then cut it to the shape I wanted and bent the sides down. I cut out the entire area below the scoop as well, so it is fully functional, you can see the heat pouring out of it when the engine is warm.

rowicki · Oct 1, 2006

thanks man and all of you i now have some new ideas to think about and dream up. any more feel free to post im not starting yet so more ideas the better

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