just bought a 08 a month ago and sheared the stearing stem on the first trip. found out real quick how much of a pita these things are to work on. had to chop the hood to make future mods easier. now i can get behind the dash and under hood!!

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followed this on the other site.... great job!!!!

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thank you! hope it helps a few people out.

really nice job

Looks awesome!
Couple ?'s. Where do you get latches like that?
Also,where do you get the rubber trim.
Lastly, what and where do you put the hinges?
Thanks.

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Found some hood latches at Northern tool.

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This is most of the info from other site that phelpsaz wrote up. all info phelpsaz wrote up, i just copied for here.

I used blue tape to mark it off, used a cutting wheel on my dremel to cut it, sanded the edges with palm sander and hand sander, then I went around the edges with my heat gun to make a nice solid edge.

1) remove the hood
2) cut 3/4" of the front of the head light mount but dont remove mounts yet
3) weld a piece of 3/4" square tube across the two headlight mounts to attach them together
4) weld a riser off the top of the bumper mounts
5) weld tabs off the tube you installed on the headlight mounts, there needs to be a tab on each side of the two risers, these tabs will have a bolt through them and the riser to make your hinge.
6) cut the headlight mount at a 45 degree where it whys off to the two mounting locations
7) remove the remaining part of the headlight mount from the chassis
8) use the remaining part of headlight mount that you just removed to make a brace that will go from the 45 degree cut back to the 3/4" tube that connect the two light mounts
9) install bolts on your new hinge and install hood too check fitment
10) tape off and cut hood

you will have to trim about 1.5" off the top of stock bumper guard. you will also have to trim parts of the radiator shroud for the risers and where the hood rolls forward.

the rubber hood clamps i got on ebay @ 20$
the rubber trim and foam weather strip i got at a local body paint supply house. i think the rubber trim is for a rear sliding window, worked perfect though.

1) i welded a tab across the front of the hinges to make a stopper
2) made large metal plates for the back of the rubber hood latches to sandwich the plactics
3) loctite makes a great gel super glue made for rubber and plastic, i used this to hold the rubber seal on the hood

this is the ebay listing for what he has, 370390791812
I ordered some last night. I cant wait to get all my supplies and do this mod.

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Thanks for doin that for me jaminjer! I'm stuck at the softball fields for 12hrs today...at least its only 110 degrees today. Ill post more of my hinge pics tonight.

I just didnt want to steal the show. You did a great mod. Have fun at the fields and stay hydrated.

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Nice I went half a** and cut my hood just so I wouldn't have to remove the cage to get in, but I will now be cutting more and hinging also, thanks for the great info and pic's.

here are some pics. I used the stock head light mounts and attached them to a bar that runs infront of the radiator. the risers for the hinge comes straight up from the upper bars that attach the bumper to the frame.

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here are some pics of the rubber seal i put on the cut edge and i also put a new foam seal that sits right on the dash/chassis divider. it seams to hold everything really solid. the last pic is the back of the rubber hood latch. i used a piece of steel to sandwich the plastic so nothing moves.

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ugotdubbz,

post ur pic too.

From the pictures you first posted I can see in the background where you first thought this up! Two toilets side by side and the ability to roll your project right up in front of you while you ponder........Thats awesome!!! Who's the other toilet for?! Just kidding....great work.

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