[checho]

A guy in my town do this jobs and it cost arround $200 with fiber glass with a little scoupe in the driver side (near the air filter side) evo style

opinions? how it look?

 

[Derek]

Ummmm... spend the money on washing your car first. :lol: Just kidding. That hood would be certainly different, if that is what you are going for. I would be concerned with water entering the engine bay. Also, would it suit any functional purpose? Will you be installing a turbo with top mounted intercooler?

Another thing you might have to consider is how it will look with the underhood bracing, or will you cut them out. And how will cutting them out affect the structural integrity of the hood. Seek Andrew's advice on this one; he has something very similar to what you are thinking about doing.

 

[checho]

Ummmm... spend the money on washing your car first. :lol: Just kidding. That hood would be certainly different, if that is what you are going for. I would be concerned with water entering the engine bay. Also, would it suit any functional purpose? Will you be installing a turbo with top mounted intercooler?

Another thing you might have to consider is how it will look with the underhood bracing, or will you cut them out. And how will cutting them out affect the structural integrity of the hood. Seek Andrew's advice on this one; he has something very similar to what you are thinking about doing.

the guy cut the cover of the hood without touch the bars and he put a grill with foam and another grill holding the foam like a sandwich or like the material of a muffler free flow. I'm not going turbo... the gas every day is more expensive

 

[Mohit]

tell that guy not to draw in the dust on your hood...he's gonna scrath the paint dude!

 

[checho]

tell that guy not to draw in the dust on your hood...he's gonna scrath the paint dude!

it not was the guy... it was me
I do that very slowly with the finger wet

 

[RAVMAN]

Topic Change - Where did you get that windshield wiper :shock:

 

[checho]

Topic Change - Where did you get that windshield wiper :shock:

hehe ok
very easy
just takeout the wiper of the driver side and put the other a bit more high (off course first take out the screw) it's like the circuits cars (lemans, grand tourin , etc.)

 

[ccaddy]

How well does the single wiper work ?
Is it the same , better or worse in clearing the
window then two wipers ?

I'd hate to have "bling " factor over praticality .

 

[DJ Sueno]

How well does the single wiper work ?
Is it the same , better or worse in clearing the
window then two wipers ?

I'd hate to have "bling " factor over praticality .

There is no bling factor in doing that single wiper... :roll:

Now if he had completely changed it out and customed in a Mercedes wiper than that would be a different story.. The mercedes has a full sweep covering the entire windshield...

Doing a cheap conversion of just swapping out the one wiper arm for the other and adjusting it you are missing a 1/4 of the windshield as you can see in his picture the wiper arm has to sit higher up in order to cover the distance of the driver side....

I did that on one of my 87 MR2's almost 10 years ago... :roll:

To each his/her own...

I say if you're going to do it , do it right and make it functional to full extent, try customizing a Mercedes single wiper if it can be done...

Just my .02 cents...

 

[checho]

How well does the single wiper work ?
Is it the same , better or worse in clearing the
window then two wipers ?

I'd hate to have "bling " factor over praticality .

it clean exactly the same with 2 wipers but not clean all the winshield (just the driver side and a alf of the other side.

 

[OMERav]

I think the hood would look nice, When I turbo mine I was going to do some thing like that and top mount the IC under the grill.

 

[checho]

you going to install the cooler like the mr2(with the cooler in the upper part of the engine)?

 

[OMERav]

Yeah I Dont think there is a ton of room in the front bumper for it to go.

I TIG weld and build turbo cars all the time, so i dont think it should be a big problem to get it to work.

Here are my two turbo Nissans+ a buds black S13 that I made a kit for.

http://www.cardomain.com/memberpage/709284

 

[checho]

those cars are great :wink:
but I don't see any car with the mr2 style cooler