hood insulation
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Car: '88 Trans Am GTA
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hood insulation
I've been debating removing my hood insulation since it's seen better days. It's not terrible tho. Anyway, just wondering how many people removed theirs and if there are any tricks to removing the clips that hold them in without breaking them.
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Car: 1992 RS
Engine: Carbed 350
Transmission: 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.42 posi
Re: hood insulation
Can use a pair of dikes to remove the clips - just don't accidentally cut through the plastic. They are basically the plastic "christmas tree" clips but with a larger head on them - should be able to snag extras at any local parts store in the HELP! section.
Don't know any reason to not remove it - alot of cars anymore don't have it. Only reason I left mine was because of new paint and paranoia of hot engine cooking my new paint - but my paint is a year + old now, probably no need for me to worry.
Don't know any reason to not remove it - alot of cars anymore don't have it. Only reason I left mine was because of new paint and paranoia of hot engine cooking my new paint - but my paint is a year + old now, probably no need for me to worry.
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Re: hood insulation
The insulation is supposed to do two things. 1) Cut down on hood heat. Does not do much. 2) Help quiet the engine noise with the hood closed. It works fairly good for that.
If the second isn't a problem then go ahead and remove it as it does very little for the first.
As for the clips they may be useless after being pulled out but with care can be pulled exeactly as Camaronewbie said. That is how I did mine.
If the second isn't a problem then go ahead and remove it as it does very little for the first.
As for the clips they may be useless after being pulled out but with care can be pulled exeactly as Camaronewbie said. That is how I did mine.
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Re: hood insulation
Out it comes then. Tho, at the risk of sounding dumb, I have to ask what a "pair of dikes" refers to exacly? There are two things that come to mind when I hear the word dike and neither can be used for this job.
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Re: hood insulation
DIKES can also pull out an old class ring found inches deep from any rectum...if ya ever need that!
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Re: hood insulation
I wonder if the term "dikes" came from "diagonal cutters" - which is what I should have called them
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