Hood Insulator
A quick question I've been thinking about lately. Does the hood insulator serve any useful purpose? Mine is pretty stained so I was thinking of just taking it off. What are your thoughts.
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I heard its supposed to drop on the motor in an event of a fire. I took mine off with my new hood. I think its ugly :yuck:
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now that you mention it, minde doesnt have one with the new hood:o
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I think it keeps the engine heat from messing up the paint.
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Originally posted by KillerTA I think it keeps the engine heat from messing up the paint. What would have changed? I think its just supposed to promote quicker Engine warm up, and maybe take an edge off of noise. I took mine off towards the end of summer, and I didn't notice any i'll effects. If you think about it, you see very few cars with a hood pad of any kind... I dunno |
mine didnt get one with the new hood, oh well it looks a lot better.
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Mine was also looking pretty ragged so I removed it. I haven't had any problems yet, and it's been off for about 8 months.
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Originally posted by KillerTA I think it keeps the engine heat from messing up the paint. |
It's there to cut down the noise, to help smother an engine fire, to protect the paint and to warm the engine on those cold winter nights.:)
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From what I was told its to keep the noise down from the engine.
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I think mines going to have to come off! It looks ugly as sin, and I dont mind engine noise, and if I have an engine fire, I would rather just have the fire trash the whole car, that just mess up the engine or whatever. So yah, definetely coming off.
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If you aren't sure if you want it gone or not they are actaully pretty cheap to buy new.
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GMPartsDirect's price is $26.42 but it states they don't sell it due to its size. Retail list is $44.78. Part No. 10278015 if anyone needs it.
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