Colorado weather is quite though - especially during the winter when there's plenty of snow fall. How do we prevent the snow from entering the engine (which could cause rusting)?!
I appreciate the install explanations and the "access holes details;" that'll save us some headaches... Although it has nothing to do with the louver install, I was wondering why you didn't paint the area under the hood hinges and the hinges themselves. When taken apart, they looked like crap (because they get no paint from factory), this will be the perfect time to hit that area with the paint you used to do the cut out edges. Another thing I would do is to paint the top part of the hood support braces. I would paint them black, so it won't show so much from the top. Good instructions and video overall!!
Nice looking install - on the outside. The inside looks like trash. I would be embarrassed to open my hood. I'd have to figure out a fix for that before I installed the louver.
You forgot to tell everyone watching that if you use cutting fluid with the hole saw it makes a nice clean hole instead of the saw jumping around like a fart in a windstorm.
@@jackokirs3326 There are TONS of beneficial things Jeep didn't add to their vehicles. You've obviously never been in or near a mass manufacturing plant where they are pumping these things out down a factory line. In short, is this louver necessary? No. Is it beneficial? Absolutely. JK's are known for heat soak in the engine bays. some heat gasses our near the front fenders, but seeing as how heat travels upward, adding vents to the hood makes more sense. Overall, I recommend this modification.
ok so i am an aircraft mechanic and since the louvers are blocked by the hood supports there is no need to do all that cutting! just turn the hood over and cut out around the support frame areas! this will be so much easier, quicker and do the same job as the full cut. not to mention you will be less likely to cut a support frame! Just my opinion!
In years past we had heat problems under the hood in Chevy Ambulances, we tried lovers scoops the gambit, none had meaningful success in Florida. Ultimately, a switch to Ford resolved the issue. Definitive engine temps are required to substantiate viability beyond cosmetic. Based on real-world use.
@@RVingTheCountry Some people might need additional time to get to the technical/handy level other people (like you) got to already. Patience with Michael and everyone else. I'm a handy man myself! :)
It's ok old school hot rod type hood but there is a better hood & that still isn't color matched. I think most would won't color matching. panel & black or ss screws. I want my platinum hood to hve a locking system not jeep set up. It needs to hve a water heater/grate & then the hood & I like the upgraded raised look a bit more thanthis type. Bc of the grate I can walk on hood to reach rack. W/out color match it seems unfinshed, just Me.
