easons xj

Would love to see some hood vents on an xj i am tired of how hot my hood gets. You could easily fry a steak on my hood. Just want to see pictures of what you all have if you do have any. I was looking into a 1" spacer for the hood also if anyone has any info on that please share!

sycoglitch

Do a search on Google for the vent pictures. Easiest way for you.

As for the spacers. I used 13 washers per bolt to raise the passenger side of my hood. And get longer bolts.

easons xj

You ever have any problems in the winter ?

sycoglitch

Most people say the don't have issue but ill be honest, im glad you asked rofl. As i typed that, i was thinking about how i undo the spacers for winter lol. And put em back for spring. Was too lazy to type all that though. And never had issues is standing or driving through monsoon style rain storms. What year you driving

easons xj

Lol thats the only real downside of them

sycoglitch

Takes about 30mins to undo them. 15 if someone holds the hood for you. Has it helped, id say a lil. Hood isnt boiling afterwards. I only have on passenger side since i have my cowl snorkle on the drivers side.

You don't have any overheating issues right cause this doesn't cure that. Just helps with slowing down the melting of the wires etc

easons xj

None of those problems right now but its a jeep.

sycoglitch

I say get yourself about 13x4 washers(flying dog has impaired my math) and do a quick Google search for the bolt size for the hood. I can't remember since i only touch them about twice a year. Someone May post them after me hopefully. There Will be nay sayers that say "in an accident blah blah hood projectile blah blah" but i haven't seen anything proof of that plus the hood would fold plus ot has the brackets that would aid in that and the latch upfront.

I Will say when you do the hood spacer mod. Make sure you tighten everything back where it was ad slowly close the hood to make sure you have it aligned properly.

Gary Briggs

I have an extra set of these if your interested

98XJ40K

Here are the LeBaron vents.

SteveMongr

Sounds like the insulation blanket that attaches to the underside of hood is missing. This usually leads to the clearcoat peeling.

I used thick washers to gap the hood, 2 per bolt. Flat-bar with drilled holes would be a better option.
Used longer bolts from another part of the jeep that was modified, forget which part. There are kits on e-bay but they are 1" or so.

This picture is vents from http://www.hoodlouvers.com/ They are expensive.

Forum member Gary Briggs has the best deal on metal vents which are stamped and do not let in rain as much as the LeBaron type.

96ss2283

Napier vents

XJ ONLY

I got the Run Cool Hood Louvers, They look really great.

XJ0nTons

Omc offroad good vents

extrashaky

I have a set of these waiting to go into mine:



Those are Chevy Lumina Z34 vents. As you can see, they come with drip pans. I haven't quite decided how I'm going to mount them, but if possible I'm going to try to leave a gap between the vents and the drip pans for the best air flow.