OoPEZoO

The body shop had the list price on an OEM hood at about $600. I had the AEV hood delivered to them from Northridge4x4 for $900. So it ended up costing me about $300 out of my pocket.


I don't know about letting more air INTO the engine, but they sure let a hell of a lot more heat OUT from under the hood. It was in the low 90's here yesterday when I picked it up, and even after the short drive home from the body shop I couldn't hold my hand on the vent in the center of the hood. You could see the heat just radiating out of it after I parked. I would have to imagine the vent on the passenger side allows cooler air into the intake as well, but I don't know if it is enough to make a performance improvement. I doubt it, but regardless........I think it looks pretty bad ass

DTJK

[QUOTE=OoPEZoO;1740029]The body shop had the list price on an OEM hood at about $600. I had the AEV hood delivered to them from Northridge4x4 for $900. So it ended up costing me about $300 out of my pocket.




This makes me wanna take a baseball bat to my hood.

CruserBruiser

The hood looks great, I'm really hoping for a hail storm in my area as well!!!

Mark Doiron

It's rather full ...



And the answer to the questions I get asked when I share this pic are: The car is a Tenth Anniversary Edition Trans Am with 49K original miles, and that other thing is a 14.5" Starmaster truss tube Dobsonian telescope.

OoPEZoO

Thank you, and here I thought maybe you moonlighted as a human cannonball

GoodysGotaCuda

Can you not just throw an old comforter or moving blanket over the hood? idk, never been in a hailstorm worth mentioning. Sure i will at some point when i move to Dallas

JEEP THRILLS

the heat ruduction is done by letting air out. the one spot on the hood right by the air box is meant to be removed when the snorkel is installed to save having to cut it, like you have to on a stock hood.

Mark Doiron

Yes I can and do. But this particular day I happened to be taking a nap. The skies were completely clear. When I awoke an hour later, it was dark as all get out. Strangely so. So, I went to my computer and checked out my desktop weather radar widget and it showed the skies as devoid of any significant weather. So I was puzzled, but still waking up, and didn't pursue why it was so very dark any further. Within 5 minutes it was pouring hail--incredibly large, dense hail (video 1, video 2). And, that weather widget hasn't worked since. What irony: The moment I needed it to provide me data, it failed.

arcoleman

It is on my list of mods for the Jeep as soon as I get home from overseas.

Maddmauler

[QUOTE=OoPEZoO;1740029]The body shop had the list price on an OEM hood at about $600. I had the AEV hood delivered to them from Northridge4x4 for $900. So it ended up costing me about $300 out of my pocket.




AEV has the hood listed for $799. Is that what you got it for? Shipping = $100?