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XJ Hood Vents (custom)

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11:04 pm
June 3, 2010


94XJGUY

Elgin IL.

Weekend Warrior

posts 563

Hey ya'll heres another j-man special, hood vents on the cheap.  The hood vent mod is a common one for xjs due to their common overheating problems and i was fortunate enough to come across some matrials and resources that allowed me to do it for relatively nothing.  first off i just happend to have an extra hood, i had a jeep given to me last summer that i parted out and i still had the hood.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/94xjguy/projects/DSCF1551.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/94xjguy/projects/DSCF1552.jpg

yes i know the hood is red and yes i know my jeep is white but i wanted to do a trial run to see how it looked before i tore into my white hood and beside the red might look pretty sexy once i get it on because of the red stripe down the side of my jeep.

the vents that i used were from the cowling from a YJ, i used two so that meant finding two vents, which lucky the local junk yard had two yjs and at a cool low price of ten bucks for both vents i figured it was s deal i couldnt pass up.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/94xjguy/projects/DSCF1553.jpg

i then did a little CAD (cardboard aided design) to get placement of the holes

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/94xjguy/projects/DSCF1554.jpg

i then procced to cut out the holes with a grinder that had a cut-off wheel on it.

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/94xjguy/projects/DSCF1555.jpg

then i placed the vents in the holes marked the spots for the bolts and drilled the 3/16 inch holes for the 3/16 inch hardware which i had gotten from a work for free last summer

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/94xjguy/projects/DSCF1556.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/94xjguy/projects/DSCF1557.jpg

then i test fitted everything one more time and then bolted and tightend everything down

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/94xjguy/projects/DSCF1558.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/94xjguy/projects/DSCF1559.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/94xjguy/projects/DSCF1560.jpg

i did not install it tonight because it was getting late and i was getting tired and the bugs were getting bad, so it will be put on tomorrow and to finish it off im thinking a big crawler ready symbol across itLaugh

no you dont get it… its a jeep, its never fixed, just less broken

1:58 am
June 5, 2010


Electric Stooge

DDO West/Platteville

Weekend Warrior

posts 804

Looks Great Justin!! good work!

Mitch(1 of 3 stooges)

 

00' XJ, 5.5" Long arm, 32×11.5×15, 4.0l

If something electrical doesnt work right, throw a relay or 2 on it!

8:01 am
June 5, 2010


BLKWJLMTD

West of Chicago

Weekend Warrior

posts 742

Job well done! I like how it turned out. You gonna trash your white hood and swap this one in?

2002 WJ Limited, 4.7L V8, 3" Iron Rock Offroad Lift, Bilstein 5125 Shocks, Tenneco SS, 17" JK Rubicon Moabs, 255/75R17 BFG KM's, Cobra CB,

-DDO since 2009-

11:49 am
June 5, 2010


94XJGUY

Elgin IL.

Weekend Warrior

posts 563

no im not gonna trash the white hood,  ill keep that one for a winter hood i guess and the vented on for summer

heres some pics of the hood actually on thanks to evans and my friend mandi i got it installed yesterday

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/94xjguy/projects/DSCF1561.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/94xjguy/projects/DSCF1562.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/94xjguy/projects/DSCF1563.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/94xjguy/projects/DSCF1564.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/94xjguy/projects/DSCF1565.jpg

http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g29/94xjguy/projects/DSCF1566.jpg

no you dont get it… its a jeep, its never fixed, just less broken

12:15 pm
June 5, 2010


Electric Stooge

DDO West/Platteville

Weekend Warrior

posts 804

I like it!! matched the sticker and light covers!!

Mitch(1 of 3 stooges)

 

00' XJ, 5.5" Long arm, 32×11.5×15, 4.0l

If something electrical doesnt work right, throw a relay or 2 on it!

11:56 pm
June 5, 2010


BLKWJLMTD

West of Chicago

Weekend Warrior

posts 742

perfect match it is!

2002 WJ Limited, 4.7L V8, 3" Iron Rock Offroad Lift, Bilstein 5125 Shocks, Tenneco SS, 17" JK Rubicon Moabs, 255/75R17 BFG KM's, Cobra CB,

-DDO since 2009-

3:06 am
January 8, 2011


armyboy1911

algonquin

Daily Driver

posts 111

wow, that turned out awesome! nice work!

Mike G.

U.S. Army Veteran

 

2000 Jeep TJ – 4.0L 5 speed

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