[ALMOST STOCK]

the hood flew up because i was showing how easy it is to close(it was perfect) and before my 1/4 trip i didnt check if it was closed all the way..so its all my fault, lesson learned tho.

time for hood pins

I really can’t help you with your problem, but I’d like to commend you on your honesty that it was your error that caused the problem and not the design or the latching mechanism of your after market hood.
I’ve heard so many times in the past 8 yrs from people saying; thank good I installed hood pins! But just like your accident with your hood, people need to check and double check there hoods pins or no pins.

 

[streetbrawlr]

ya it was all me..the hood and the latch was perfect, cervini's makes the best hoods out there and for what my hood has went through and what it still looks like from flying up at 98 mph. i couldnt ask for more.

but now i gotta get it fixed

 

[impact player]

they sell the panel new at your ford dealer ship.something around $100

 

[phillie356]

samething happened to me pulling out of my subdivision....just got the car back from the dyno and gassed it. my damage is exactly the same as yours, just not pushed in as much because the thing that saved my windshield and roof was my double pod cowl. it only cost me $400 to fix/paint that area. my body man was able to pull the metal back out and repaint

 

[streetbrawlr]

well im going to a junk yard to find a few metal cowl supports with my sawsall =] but i will check the local ford dealership for the part too.

im taking my car to the local restoration shop to do the metal work for me, but its gonna be hard to strech $400. but im going to try..and post pics up every stage for others with this problem

 

[psychoII]

well im going to a junk yard to find a few metal cowl supports with my sawsall =] but i will check the local ford dealership for the part too.

im taking my car to the local restoration shop to do the metal work for me, but its gonna be hard to strech $400. but im going to try..and post pics up every stage for others with this problem

If you are worried about spending the $400, I say again, get a complete cowl from the junkyard and do it yourself. No special tools needed, chisel, hammer, drill and bit. Since you have a sawsall, you don't have to chisel the whole thing out.

 

[oldguywithan88]

Clarification

Total job cost me $1,200 (including painting), plus $200 for a new windshield and $60 for a new cowl vent.

I wanted to clear something up. The $1,200 cost for my fix included the windshield that cracked during the cowl repair. Also, my goal was a first class repair, with excellent appearance, no water leaking into places it shouldn't, and no cracking of any Bondo a couple of years later.

If the goal is to just get it to where the hood fits and latches right, then you don't have to spend that much.

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After:

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[streetbrawlr]

our cars are about the same, i went to the junkyard last night. i found the metal support, plastic piece, and all the missing screws for under $100.
20 for the vent, 20 for the metal support, and 50 for them to cut it out...and i will do this whole project for $500.

but your mustang looks like it never happened, nice job

 

[89fast5oh]

I wanted to clear something up. The $1,200 cost for my fix included the windshield that cracked during the cowl repair. Also, my goal was a first class repair, with excellent appearance, no water leaking into places it shouldn't, and no cracking of any Bondo a couple of years later.

If the goal is to just get it to where the hood fits and latches right, then you don't have to spend that much.

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My hood flew up with similar damage to yours, and my bodyshop pulled out the dents and repaired it without removing or cracking the windshield. Can't even tell it was ever damaged.

 

[tabloma]

Mine was as bad as the red car photo'd in this forum. Have done collision work since '74, It really fixed pretty easy. I drilled some holes under the cowl vent screen and pulled it out with an engine hoist. You don't want to replace thios part, it;s also part of the firewall. A good body tech can fix it

 

[Sic5OhhSC]

Mine is worse I think as far as the crease. I only have a 2½" cowl so it hit in the middle. Yours looks like it could get pulled out fairly easy. Im going to attempt pulling mine and if I cant get it, Ill get some sheet metal and mold it in and have the whole thing capped, get rid of the wipers and the cowl. Im getting the 4" Extended cowl hood anyway.

 

[streetbrawlr]

the whole thing is crushed, as well as the firewall being bent back to. i dont have enough money to do this repair by a body shop because im a broke college student. so im going to do this whole repair for under $400. and i need my car back on the 17th for the track day at pacific raceways.

but im actualling picking up my cowl support tonight, and im going to tear into my car tonight as well.

i will be posting pics for other to see and go off of

 

[streetbrawlr]

these are the newest pics of my $76.43 cowl panel and cowl vent.

 

[streetbrawlr]

i am trying to do this whole project for under $450 total cost.

so i have a little over $370 left to spend

 

[avbcon12]

OK

 

[streetbrawlr]

i was just showing people that you dont need to blow 1200 to get it fixed

 

[SleeperStang89]

This should get interesting.

I predict the car ending up at the bodyshop.

But hey! You drove so fast it blew the paint off your bumper!!

 

[streetbrawlr]

nope..i dont have enough money for a body shop visit

 

[Systemax302]

Thumbs up for wanting to fix it yourself, but that should probably be taken somewhere. If not you may end up not liking it, leaks, then rust issues, and after all the time and work you'll probably have to break down and take it somewhere anyhow. Just don't take it to the dude that painted the bumper. Looks like a classic case of "de-lam" to me. If you know who did that job and have paperwork for it I would make them redo that bumper for sure.

 

[NC5.0]

Hood pins are your friend! I put a set in first thing when I got a cowl hood. I have both latches working stock latch, (so its locked) and hood pins. My #### isn't going to fly up.. $40 pins vs $500 dollars + worth of damage.. hmm..