HELP! 2 bolts stripped on my VFN
05-19-2007, 07:05 PM
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HELP! 2 bolts stripped on my VFN This is a 4" VFN ram air and just like the title says I have 2 bolts where the hood bolts to the hinges stripped and won't back out(not tight eighter). Even tried prying against the washer as i tried to back the bolts out. For some reason my factory bolts are only going in half way and the strip. I had to put 2 washers extra on the rest of the bolts and they tightened up good. Has this happened to anyone else? Does anyone know how I can get them back out? 
05-19-2007, 07:55 PM
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Thaught about that but it's too dark now, maybe I can pull on them while backing them out. The bolts are just spinning they won't tighten down any further and they won't back out eighter.
05-19-2007, 08:35 PM
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this SAME thing happened to me. my hood is a harwood though. i put the hood halfway on with the stock bolts and realized that i couldnt screw them all the way in or take them out. what i ended up doing is drilling a hole in the side and just getting a wrench in there and using a normal bolt and nut... its a pain in the *** and looks like ****, but maybe you'll have better luck. Anyway, that's what i did.. 
i had to do that as well...
05-20-2007, 04:46 PM
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No I figured out to shim the bolts to make them shorter by the time I got to the that stuff. Guess I'll be cuttin some holes in her this week to get it bolted down good. I did drive it to work last night and you absolutely can't see over this thing, it's FN huge! Got 5-6 compliments on it in the first 10 min I was there.
