Painted lid question
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Painted lid question I painted my lid a while back and have no idea how to get it to stop rubbing on the hood. It wore thru the paint and the primer. so i want to repaint it but it will just rub off again i don't want to cut any of the hood. But i fear thats my only option anyone else have this problem and know how to deal with it?
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Where is it rubbing? Mine was rubbing on the front right corner of my Z28 hood. I tried grinding down the lid and the inside of the hood and it still did it. I dont know if there is any 100 % fix for the rubbing. You may want to try moving your hood latch mechanism up a bit. That might raise the front enough to at least make it better. I dont know if adjusting the rubber stops would work cause of how the Firebird hood comes to a point between the headlights.
is the lid seated properly? you'd be surprised. mine rubbed also and I swore up and down it was on right, ( until I learned) and now it doesn't rub anywhere. just my .02
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Same problem here too, rub top right before the inlet into the MAF. What suck is i had it custom painted, this pic doesn't show it since it was taken it came home from the painter, but right above the the guitar head to the right.
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I had a problem with the filter not seating right forever so i had to grind down the tabs in the lower intake and now its fine but the rubbing persists. nauty where did you get the tape?
this pic is a while back before it wore thu completly but you can see a small white spot on the top just before in the slope into the MAF
this pic is a while back before it wore thu completly but you can see a small white spot on the top just before in the slope into the MAF
Any of you guys with the rubbing problem have the foam gasket from the K&N filter application in there?!?
If so, get rid of the K&N & the foam, & go back to a regular paper filter.
If so, get rid of the K&N & the foam, & go back to a regular paper filter.
I have the FTP Lid and did the same thing to mine with the velcro...no issues anymore. Worked great. 
I tried both, the K&N filter with the foam gasket and the paper one. Both rub bad. I was thinking of heating up the SLP lid and pressing that part down.
I just don't want to screw up my lid.
I just don't want to screw up my lid.
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I had a problem with the filter not seating right forever so i had to grind down the tabs in the lower intake and now its fine but the rubbing persists. nauty where did you get the tape?
this pic is a while back before it wore thu completly but you can see a small white spot on the top just before in the slope into the MAF
this pic is a while back before it wore thu completly but you can see a small white spot on the top just before in the slope into the MAF
they have widths 