I had to take my hood louvers off the iroc and was as carful as I could be.I still broke 3 on one and 2 on the other.garbage all under them.Have to repaint the hood top,Is there any way to repair the studs I broke?Plus is there any replacment insulation for the hood?there are chuncks missing and oil heavy enuff to coat your fingers.clean oil too.Wonder how that got there?any guesses?

 

I've heard of guys epoxying bolts on there and securing them with nuts.

 

that might do it.what about replacment hood insulation

 

Epoxy worked on mine when I refinished the louvers.

Try 1A Auto for hood insulation.

 

Yeah - seen alot of bolts epoxied onto the louvers where the plastic tabs broke.

 

Bolts? Or just the treads? I have quite a few broke on mine also

 

Bolt. The epoxy holds the bolt better since it has the bolt head to adhere around - more surface area = better hold.

 

that sounds good.I wont have to worry about them twisting off again.

 

epoxy .25 bolts in the place of the broke studs,works like a charm

 

I saw a post where they used velcro tape making it easy to pull the louvers off to clean underneath them-just a thought that I might try

 

mine are epoxied....

 

3m 2 way tape it works jus have to b careful taking them off the next time!

 

I epoxed the broken ones with short bolts with nuts and lock washers.replaced the old rubber washers between the louver and hood while at it.Is there anything that I can put on them to bring them back to a dark black that wont crack or flake?

 

Yeah, Underhood heat was not nice to the Plastic Studs on those, Must be why they went to Metal Studs on the 91-92 Blisters.

I wonder why an aftermarket Company has not reproduced these, they would make a killing. Unless GM won't release the rights?