Unlimicon Build by redrelyt12

3 minute(s) of a 42 minute read

I've been a bit lax with updating my thread, but I have a few new things to show off. Only have pictures of one change, so Kate will have to wait again...

After reading Sundowner's thread, I really liked how the hood louver looked on Greta, and I thought the black would offset just as well on Misty. I shopped around for a HyLine Off Road Hood Louver Panel. It took a little while for me to get around to installing it, but my Mom recently look a trip to Utah to visit her brother so I had taxi duty. This meant that while she was gone, I was able to use her car as a daily driver. This game me plenty of time to install the Hood Louver Panel over the course of a few days, and of course, a few problems.

As I have read before, Jeep cut a few corners with production by assembling the vehicle and then painting it. This causes a lot of the Torx bolts to stick where they are. I removed 4 of the Torx bolts from the hood hinges, but then my Torx bit snapped and left the head of the bit in the bolt. Luckily, I had another bit, which proceeded to strip out the sixth and final Torx bolt.

I sent a PM to Hendrix, as he has dismantled many hoods before in his work. He suggested that I remove the cowl and remove the four bolts that hold the hinges to the rest of the body. I did this and was able to remove Misty's hood.

Hood taped off, two holes drilled, and the template installed.

I proceeded to drill 54 holes in the hood, if I remember correctly, and then cut out each of the larger holes for the louvers. I took another picture just to see how it would look. I like it.

I installed the Louver and reinstalled the hood with some new hex nuts.

I definitely really like the look of it! 

More to come...