Underside of hood
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Car: 87' IROC
Engine: L98
Transmission: T56
Underside of hood
I'd like to see what some have done with the underside of their hoods. Maybe the camaro symbol embossed into the heat shield. Maybe some paint or airbrush effects. Also I noticed it seems like there are exposed fasteners for the IROC louvers, they stick about 3/4" down towards the engine. Has anyone made something or found a shield to create a flat surface in this area?
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Car: 87 & 89 Iroc's
Engine: 5.0 - 5.7
Transmission: 700R's
Axle/Gears: 2.77 - 3.70
I and most people probably have insulators there. The extreme heat would probly destroy paint.
On a show only car I like mirrors that reflect a nice engine.
On a show only car I like mirrors that reflect a nice engine.
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Car: 1987 IROC, 1989 IROC
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I don't have a sheild there and my paints fine.
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Car: 87 & 89 Iroc's
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Originally posted by phoenix305
I don't have a sheild there and my paints fine.
I don't have a sheild there and my paints fine.
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Car: 87' IROC
Engine: L98
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I also have insulation on my hood. The problem is over the years it is getting pretty crappy looking. I would just pull it off, but the hood looks ugly with the iroc louver fastners sticking down everywhere. I think the insulation is mainly for noise reduction. Either way it isn't doing much good. The mirrors is an interesting idea, however I'm concerned they may yellow or look bad with the heat. I do drive my car enough that this is a concern. Any ideas?
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i drove mine for 6 years without one but the underside was nice and painted. i used mirrored plexi glass for the stock hood that was cut out for the little areas. for my last ss hood i had just one large center section that was cut out of mirrored plexi. i've seen some use very thin stainless that was polished. it is all preference.
buying a new insulator is always an idea as well.
buying a new insulator is always an idea as well.
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Car: 87' IROC
Engine: L98
Transmission: T56
Kandied, do you have any pics of either setup? My plan is to remove the insulation paint the underside body color, then do something with it then. You didn't have any problems with the mirrored plexiglass fading, yellowing, or blurring? Where did you get the plexiglass?
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insulator is there for noise, not heat. you can safely remove it.
odds are very good now that its no-longer a effective noise dampener, and on some cars, it could be oil-soaked... a potential fire hazard.
odds are very good now that its no-longer a effective noise dampener, and on some cars, it could be oil-soaked... a potential fire hazard.
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Car: 87' IROC
Engine: L98
Transmission: T56
So has anyone made some sort of cover for ugly part of the hood, or used different fastners? Any other pictures of what others have done with their hoods?
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Originally posted by 87350IROC
Kandied, do you have any pics of either setup? My plan is to remove the insulation paint the underside body color, then do something with it then. You didn't have any problems with the mirrored plexiglass fading, yellowing, or blurring? Where did you get the plexiglass?
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Kandied, do you have any pics of either setup? My plan is to remove the insulation paint the underside body color, then do something with it then. You didn't have any problems with the mirrored plexiglass fading, yellowing, or blurring? Where did you get the plexiglass?
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Car: 87' IROC
Engine: L98
Transmission: T56
Interesting. So you held them in with velco, or something?
I'm still leaning towards custom painting there, but this an a cool idea.
I'm still leaning towards custom painting there, but this an a cool idea.
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This place sells custom embroidered hood insulation..http://www.carmotorsports.com/Underh...Insulators.htm
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Car: 85 Trans Am
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Originally posted by Peter82Z28
[B]Here's mine, it's factory fiberglass hood.
[B]Here's mine, it's factory fiberglass hood.
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Car: 87' IROC
Engine: L98
Transmission: T56
Originally posted by scottmoyer
This is from Craig Archer's 89 RS.
This is from Craig Archer's 89 RS.
Also carmotorsports doesn't seem to have any for my car. Only for 83-84 camaros for some reason. I'll have to call them tomorrow. They do look nice though.
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Car: 87 Formula/ 00 Xtreme
Engine: TPI 305/ v6
Transmission: struggling t-5/ 4l60E
Axle/Gears: 3.08/ 3.23
Originally posted by 87350IROC
]Is this an iroc or stock style hood?
]Is this an iroc or stock style hood?
As far asw the liner.. strictly noise.
Black paint on a summer, cloudless, Arizona day... is the motor hotter or the paint?
Answer that and you'll answer the insulator mystery.
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Originally posted by wilyk9
That looks really clean. What material is that and what did you use to fasten it on?
That looks really clean. What material is that and what did you use to fasten it on?
Before I paint my car myself...for practice...I painted the underside gray and made the black stripe with basecoat + clearcoat
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