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[1badg35]

She's back..

[1badg35]

already done. they were painted this morning along with the hood hinges and the radiator support area that was smoothed

[frink84]

I may mount them in a way that is flush to the hood so they do not protrude up, but ill never smooth them into the hood. The paint on almost the entire car is original, so i wont be messing with paint on the hood.

could you color-match them? might help blend in.

[Verdigrie]

That makes sense, I hadn't really considered how narrow the cowl area of the Z so you would be limited in available "place and slide" space. Plus the indent on the underside of the hood, especially around the strut tower tops, would probably interfere.

Anyway, thank you for taking the suggestion as a compliment to the awesomeness of this project and not a doubt in your abilities. I'm sure whatever solution you device will be on par with the rolling artwork that is this car

[rsingh3g]

I can't wait to see what amazing plan you have for the hood

[1badg35]

the way the hood mounts and the overhang wont work (will check though) with mounting the hood from a different spot.

before I actually cut into anything, i will be trying to devise a plan, but I appreciate the thought you guys are putting into this. I actually thought at one point to mount the pins upside down and mount the threaded post into the hood below the surface so you dont see it, but i literally have no access to stick my hand into pop the hood. haha

ill figure something out... Will happen this weekend most likely

[Verdigrie]

Vince, I've been thinking about this on and off for the past few hours whilst I was painting my wheels and thought I'd offer a suggestion.

If the hood pins are too noticeable have you considered reverse mounting the hood?
In a manner similar to the E30 hood, but instead of there being a hinge mechanism on the radiator support, underneath the leading edge of the hood could have two hooks that slide in under the radiator support. The rear edge could then be secured with a bracket mounted in the stock hinges place, that would allow releasing the hood with two bolts hidden at the edge of the cowl.
The only disadvantage to this is that you would lose some adjustment range in terms of panel gaps and the hood would either be on or off (not propped up) but for your use I think it could work.

Anyway just a suggestion, sorry if I explained it badly, I'm used to using hand gestures and drawings to help explain myself

[1badg35]

I may mount them in a way that is flush to the hood so they do not protrude up, but ill never smooth them into the hood. The paint on almost the entire car is oroginal, so i wont be messing with paint on the hood.

Have to really take into consideration the hoods inner design which I have not yet even bothered to look at yet. Once the car is back ill try to place them and mock it all up.

I want to make sure they actually function so that the hood doesn't decide to slap the windshield while on the track say. I'll post up the process once I actually get to it.

Deadlines are getting ridiculously close and I still have a ton of work to do.... 50/50 if the car will make the drive to staggered.... I'm busting my ass to get it to

[frink84]

since they are so small, would it be possible to flush-mount them and paint over?

[gbaby2089]

Yeah, I feel like they'd be more bearable on a hood with more character lines/ridges going on the smooth/even lines of the OEM setup.

I really hope they work out though, I do dig this car.

[1badg35]

thanks.

so yeah, im not 100% sure ill love the outcome of the hood pins, but they are very small. and when they are the same color as the hood, all should be fine.

here is a picture on an nsx.in the aluminum it comes in






needless to say, they are tiny






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[Strawhat]

I seriously can't even believe how clean your engine bay is.
Like...fuck.

[1badg35]

car is off to the booth! and on a messier note, my 2.5 car garage is literally full of the disassembled Z. about every square inch of the garage has a part on it.. I am not a messy person, but the current garage situation makes me sick. haha

[andybob]

slightly. the hood pins if all goes well should barely be noticeable. They are being painted tomorrow to match the body color, and are about the size of a quarter.. So hopefully they blend right in. I hope..

and I dont run a hood often, as the car is almost always in the garage under the knife, so Im not super concerned. It will be something that i likely will have to point out to notice. two quarter sized items that stick above the hood about 1mm.

i hope they blend in.. taking a decent chance on it

I'd say you need to have a little more confidence. lol. Judging by the rest of this build, I'm sure they'll be perfect.

[1badg35]

slightly. the hood pins if all goes well should barely be noticeable. They are being painted tomorrow to match the body color, and are about the size of a quarter.. So hopefully they blend right in. I hope..

and I dont run a hood often, as the car is almost always in the garage under the knife, so Im not super concerned. It will be something that i likely will have to point out to notice. two quarter sized items that stick above the hood about 1mm.

i hope they blend in.. taking a decent chance on it