For all those with cooling panels Options

[Sinyk]

I can't close my hood with the cooling panel installed. Every time I try to close the hood, it bounces back up because it collides with the hood stand. The only way I can seem to get the hood to close is by slamming it about as hard as possible which is unacceptable, so how can I get my hood to close WITHOUT removing the hood stand bar? I do not want to install hood shocks nor do I want to carry my hood stand in the trunk. It seems like a lot of people are using these panels and must be able to close their hoods, so how do I do it?

With it in place:


Where the hood prop keeps hitting the bar.


I noticed that the frame bends inward to accommodate the hood stand, but the cooling panel straightens this section.


Please help. I'm very frustrated...

[Sinyk]

Thanks for the ideas guys. I look forward to your pics stetsonaw. I never thought about bending the bar to go in front of the latch instead of behind. Hmm.... I may have to try that, after I see these pictures of course!

Also, I took a look at installing it with the front edge in the bumper and for the most part it would fit, but on the far right side, there wasn't anywhere for it to fit in. Maybe I need to take a closer look, but the issue wasn't with the hood hitting the front, it was hitting the bar that holds up the hood and bouncing back off. (I think it way have touched the front edge of the hole for the latch, but the mark on the metal was very tiny, not to mention it would probably flex a bit downwards.)

This post has been edited by Sinyk: Apr 8, 2009 - 2:28 PM