Heat Extraction Hood
09-10-2012, 08:25 PM
#43
Yup, I agree with Ak2007r6, that was very very well done!!
This is the second 03-07.5 style truck that I've seen with those NBS HD vents and it looks much better on this one. Last one was a lowered street truck and it looked too beefy but it really looks good on this! Very nicely done!
09-10-2012, 09:30 PM
#45
Yup, I agree with Ak2007r6, that was very very well done!!
This is the second 03-07.5 style truck that I've seen with those NBS HD vents and it looks much better on this one. Last one was a lowered street truck and it looked too beefy but it really looks good on this! Very nicely done!
This is the second 03-07.5 style truck that I've seen with those NBS HD vents and it looks much better on this one. Last one was a lowered street truck and it looked too beefy but it really looks good on this! Very nicely done!
With the amount of heat you see under your hood, you would NOT want it to be covered in Bondo. You would want the metal work to be top notch.
I think with a Fiber Glass hood you might have blistering in the glass from the heat. Not very many Fiberglass hood fit very well either.
09-11-2012, 12:57 AM
#46
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I'd like to see some one Photo Shop it in on the 01-02 HD front end first before I committed to that. As mentioned in the Diesel forum With Parts, fabrication, and paint you would probably be about $1000-$1500
With the amount of heat you see under your hood, you would NOT want it to be covered in Bondo. You would want the metal work to be top notch.
I think with a Fiber Glass hood you might have blistering in the glass from the heat. Not very many Fiberglass hood fit very well either.
With the amount of heat you see under your hood, you would NOT want it to be covered in Bondo. You would want the metal work to be top notch.
I think with a Fiber Glass hood you might have blistering in the glass from the heat. Not very many Fiberglass hood fit very well either.
Yeah, your probably right, I figure buy a HD hood for $350 and buy those vents for $150 and then give it to Ramaro, he'd probably ask $350 and then paint it $150.
Ramaro would have to put some kinda valley in the center like those NBS truck have. Or buy a NBS HD hood and see if they can't be adapted to fit the 00-02 body style. Not sure how big the difference is between the two of them.
I'm not sold on anything yet, first really want to see if that thicker wrap would work in keeping the heat down.
09-12-2012, 09:53 AM
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i actually like how its looks, I've always thought about the hoods that they run on the prerunner trucks, they're really light and they're vented in the way you want... not sure if those prerunner hoods will fit a regular fendered truck tho, might be worth looking into, i haven't done much research into myself...
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09-12-2012, 10:17 AM
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I stare at that DMax hood every day when I'm driving my Chevy...it's about the ugliest hood I've ever laid eyes on and best as I can tell its. It actually vented to anything. The holes in the plastic grilles are tiny and you can see sheet metal under them plus the hood liner covers the whole bottom of the hood in that area.
Unless someone wanted to make them functional...they're just there.
Unless someone wanted to make them functional...they're just there.
