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Old 06-07-2010, 06:29 PM
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Excellent JOB! I'm going to put this on my list!!
Old 06-07-2010, 09:00 PM
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Looks awesome! Very clean job and looks like it came that way

Any concerns with rain or water in general?
Old 06-07-2010, 09:15 PM
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Defenitely a great mod. Best part is that it is functional.

The only critique I have is the color of the rivets should be painted black. I think the silver in the rivets looks tacky for some reason...Just a personal opinion.
Old 06-08-2010, 05:32 AM
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looks like floor vents. IMO
Old 06-08-2010, 06:12 AM
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a smaller size would better suit the hood imho, do they make different sizes? those look a bit large since they hit all the stock hood trinkets on each side.
Old 06-25-2010, 03:50 PM
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SIZE MEDIUM
(9" X 14" each panel)
They sure do I am going with the 9x14
Old 06-25-2010, 05:08 PM
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Bob from Runcool sent me both the stainless and black rivets. I was going to do the black but the rivets still have the silver rivet pin. Plus I figured the paint would chip or wear off them then look like crap.

I wanted the biggest louvers I could comfortably fit with the stock hood and the 6.1 Hemi. A lot of function is lost by the hood supports so the more louver the better. I may still go back and carefully remove more bracing. Harder to do now that they are on though.

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Old 06-25-2010, 08:53 PM
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I have the 3.8 and I bought a take off hood off a Rubi for 100 bucks now its got to be sanded primered and painted gonna paint it flat black.
Old 07-06-2010, 03:37 PM
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You did a great job with this! I really like it a lot. I'm sure I'll be doing this to mine here in the near future. I like that you did it yourself and you don't have to pay close to 800 bucks to get a different look and it's functional. Thanks for the write-up
Old 07-06-2010, 04:18 PM
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You're welcome! Thanks for the kind words.


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