bigbadxj

I know there is a lot of talk about the heat under the hood of the XJ so I decided to do this cheap mod a friend thought may work and give it a try. What I'm doing is making bracket that go between the hood and the hood brackets that hold it on, thus making a cowl like gap at the rear of the hood. This will in turn let heat out and cool air in like a cowl hood minus the $500 cost and you can just unbolt them and scarp it if you don't like it unlike hood vents where you are left with big holes in your hood if you do not like them!
So I started today but it rained and I have no Garage so here is what I have so far.
Here is the piece of scrap I'm using for the project I cut into 3" pieces

Here are the sides being grinded down so they are straight


next is to drill two holes in each 0.5" from the ends and 2" apart and then comes the install!?!?!

solderjunkie

simple and effective...

I like it so-far

ol"blue

Good idea Big guy.

jeep98b

Did mine this past weekend. I like it and I like the look of it.

Schmoozer

Pictures? I wanna see what this looks like.

mike37

this is old news Cherokee owners have ben doing this for years

c-loss

Yeah I did mine several months ago. It helps some but not as much as my friend how actually put vents on. If you wanna see a pic of it go to check out my pic album. 1" isnt that terribly noticible if the hood is the same color as the rest. So you can really see mine.

Schmoozer

Hmmmmm, I'm not sure about it..... Does it have any trouble closing?

thelaststarfighter13

Maybe to some, but some of us have only had a cherokee for less then a month. I'm green! If guys have been doin this for years, does it work well?????

mike37

yes it works ok but the look is not ok for every one

bigbadxj

OK here we are got them drilled painted and on and here is the PICS!! Went on easy(expect for me slicing my thumb ope on the side of the hood) had to get new longer bolts and this is just 1" and it closes just like they were not there





I will not be able to tell you how much it helps till I get it back on the road and that will be with the 6.5" lift Heheheheeheh!

fixitman

ummm to me it just makes it look like you have the wrong hood on your jeep

MISFITXJ

reguardless of how it looks if it works why not its cheap i say

LongHornCherokeeMan

so was the dora explorer big wheel you first ride

thelaststarfighter13

Dora the Explorer, what and A**H**E, It was Diego.

OH and I live smack in the middle of the Mojave, I'm doin this mod!!