My fiberglass hood bounces like crazy at HW speeds.. It's not TOO bad, but if I watch it I get nervous. I just don't want it breaking..


My FT tires have flat spots on them, so I get a bit of vibration and that's causing the hood to bounce, but I'm wondering if it SHOULD bounce.

Is this normal?

What are the tolerances of this? I think having the hood bounce at 120mph shouldn't be too bad, seeing as I have enough wind resistance on it to hold it down.


Sorry if this is a stupid/no0bish question..

 

Have you adjusted the rubber stops?

Is the whole hood bouncing, or is it flexing?

 

hood pins

 

It's bouncing at the cowl..

 

Ajust rubber stops. If that doesnt help then idk.

 

Take the hood off and lay some more glass underneath

 

^ I wish I had stops at the back, cowl, of the hood. That would solve it. I think I'm gonna do he perm marker test on the stops in the front. -Kind of like the swipe test.

 

my stock steel hood bounces at the cowl at regular highway speed or 100, so i would think with a lighter, more flexable hood it would be somewhat normal depending on how far it was bouncing....