yeah. i'm ditching the shop idea. having a friend help me sometime this week. xcited!

 

An extra pair oh hands would be the best way to R&R the hood if available. Cloth on both sides is highly recommended as well.
Took off the stock hood by myself and placed it back on by myself with cloth thick enough to align bolt fasteners on both sides.


On another not... so all hoods received has some type of damage huh?

 

yeah. looks like the tips are still getting a lil' love tap (usually on one side or another of the recent batch). i think one suggestion of putting foam cones and wrapping it up tightly with masking tape until it makes a firm plastic insulated cone prob would've helped.
shipping woes aside. you have to admire that this is REALLY one nice piece of work.! (shame it couldnt be handled better in transit)

 

It's going to be tough for folks who went with CF... worse is I have some issues with perfections LOL

 

let me just quote myself here...
it arrived 99.999% unscathed!!!
Has minor fitting issues with the rubber stoppers and a little flushed right by the headlight assembly driver side.
All those are nothing to really worry about. Thanks JDP for this awesome piece

 

bah. send us pics with the top down!! gotta show off that awesomeness.

 

Same "issues" I had. I just cut about 1 cm off the rubber stopper and the hood closed just fine. Did you find another solution?

 

here's a teaser...


still have to clean and wax

 

took off the pair of stoppers by the latch and kept both stoppers at corners. with a twist and repositioning of the stoppers it managed to shut tight but I might just shave the rubbers off to relieve pressure on the latch pulling the hood shut LOL last thing I want to happen is "pop" the latch off the hood

 

looks great! i'm gonna save me and my friend trouble and going to take it to the shop tmrw afternoon get it 'professionally' installed (for $35 Cnd) i'll bring the fitting issues about the rubber stoppers up to them to see what they can do about it. if they do something differently, i'll share it on here as well.

 

save your 35 pieces of silver and do it with your friends... it's really easy LOL I can even do it with just the hood stand holding it.

 

I completely agree, save your C$35 and do it yourself with friends. There is nothing to mess up, you are talking about 4 bolts. Or do you need to remove any of the latch mechanism from the stock hood? Even if that was needed, no point in paying somebody money for a 15 minute job if that.

 

really nice!

 

just 4 bolts

 

lol. believe me. i managed to drop my grille flat on it's face the first time i was doing a DIY. (scuffed it up a bit, and the thing is practically weightless.) i can be pretty clumsy sometimes. so knowing me, and how much $$ is invested in this hood.. i can live with $35 out of my pocket. (as knowing me- i'd prob put a hole thru the plastic guard where the windshield spray nozzles are, crack a windshield (removing the OEM hood) shatter the mint condition corner of the cf hood and prob send my friend to the hospital for head injuries.. $35 CND is nothing. (in USD its like $5 and change i bet. despite how close the dollars are in comparison to their market values- like all things in Canada we still pay avg 15% more on everything and that's BEFORE taxes.) so whats another $35? i dont mind paying a lil extra to get it done right. thenx for the advice tho.

 

Well you know yourself.

 

LOL V... yes, might as well huh

 

yeah. i'd rather be posting pics of a really nice packaged Mugen CDM Honda Fit with a JDP carbon fiber hood. vs posting pics of DIY GONE TERRIBLY TERRIBLY WRONG. lol.

 

So what are ya gonna do with your magnetic hood bra? Just curious cause I have one too lol.

These hoods are lookin damn good btw minus the few that took a little damage. Makes me wanna buy one

 

As for the rubber hood stopper... all you need to do is remove the 2 right by the latch. As for the other two, with a screwing motion, apply force and screw in to point forward in an angle... no stopper shaving or cutting required.