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Old 09-09-2007, 12:32 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Angry Our Stupid Fake Hood Vent!

man, just noticed that the vent front of the hood is blocked and is just there for looks.. this REALLY got me grumpy for a good several minutes.. can't believe they did that. I examined underneath the hood, and even if I were to take the plastic off, there are air passage obstructions.. this is pretty stoopid..
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Old 09-09-2007, 01:47 AM   #2 (permalink)
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Re: Our Stupid Fake Hood Vent!

Wah?
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Old 09-09-2007, 01:56 AM   #3 (permalink)
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Re: Our Stupid Fake Hood Vent!

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man, just noticed that the vent front of the hood is blocked and is just there for looks.. this REALLY got me grumpy for a good several minutes.. can't believe they did that. I examined underneath the hood, and even if I were to take the plastic off, there are air passage obstructions.. this is pretty stoopid..
You have an alternative:

Air2air's Full Frontal
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Old 09-09-2007, 03:07 AM   #4 (permalink)
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Air2air's Full Frontal
Doesn't he actually require that due to the extra heat that his super-charger produces? Strapping one on for absolutely no reason is what people in Civics and cheap Mustangs do, the FJ is better than that. Might as well throw on a few bullet decals to add some horse power
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Old 09-09-2007, 05:25 AM   #5 (permalink)
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Re: Our Stupid Fake Hood Vent!

bullet decals dont make more horsepower WTF?

you could always mod your hood and make it look how ever you wanted skys the limit there are all kinds of scoops on the market

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man, just noticed that the vent front of the hood is blocked and is just there for looks.. this REALLY got me grumpy for a good several minutes.. can't believe they did that. I examined underneath the hood, and even if I were to take the plastic off, there are air passage obstructions.. this is pretty stoopid..

Yeah, I'm like you. I would rather have something functional than to have something for cosmetic reasons only.

I wonder how difficult it would be to incorporate the fake vent into a cold air intake sytem and actually make it work?
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Re: Our Stupid Fake Hood Vent!

Well, just break out the Sawzall and the duct tape and make it work. Shouldn't you have noticed this flaw before you bought it???
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Well, just break out the Sawzall and the duct tape and make it work. Shouldn't you have noticed this flaw before you bought it???
this is what im sayin!
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Wow! just when i thought it couldent get any more strange around here.
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Re: Our Stupid Fake Hood Vent!

caveman. fire. bad. water good.
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