I've noticed a lot of people have taken that clothlike stuff off from the underside of their hood. I've been thinking of doing this, but I always thought it was there to protect the paint finish from the heat of the engine bay. Can I remove this without any problems with the engine's heat affecting the hood? Thanks...

 

itll make the paint dim quicker... from all the heat reaching the hood instead of some of the heat. but who knows, maybe it wont even make a difference.

 

That stuff on the hood is isulation...it keeps the heat away from your hood. I haven't seen it on a car for a while :shrugs: mine does ok without it (never had it on to begin with) and its a 90.

 

but why?

they are the for a reason, have you see hood with spider web cracks on the paint, it's caused by the heat form the manifold.(imfamous 2nd gen Eclipse problem)

is like you saying you want to hit a gal you met at the bar without rubber, why chances it?

 

my hood looks fine, and I took the heat shield off a couple years ago.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by jweller &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">my hood looks fine, and I took the heat shield off a couple years ago.</TD></TR></TABLE>

we all know all the accord from hondatech.com are mad boosted to 2.0 bars, 8400rpm redline everygear and out t4 turbocharger are melting stuff

what's up jweller, how's all the head, motor stuff working out for you ?

 

Im almost positive that it is the for safety reasons...it is a fire resistant blanket. If the engine catches on fire, the plastic buttons holding the blanket melt and the blanket falls on the engine smothering the fire.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by sexynuts(.)(.) &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Im almost positive that it is the for safety reasons...it is a fire resistant blanket. If the engine catches on fire, the plastic buttons holding the blanket melt and the blanket falls on the engine smothering the fire.</TD></TR></TABLE>

didnt know that, thats pretty cool! learn something new everyday. wish houses had one of those

 

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didnt know that, thats pretty cool! learn something new everyday. wish houses had one of those </TD></TR></TABLE>

I learned something too...maybe I shouldnt take that off...........

 

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Or not. If the engine catches fire, what is a blanket gonna do?

I've always been told that it is more of a sound deadener than anything else. It is made of the same material found on the underside of the carpet.

 

my hood does not have a heat sheild, its ok.

 

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we all know all the accord from hondatech.com are mad boosted to 2.0 bars, 8400rpm redline everygear and out t4 turbocharger are melting stuff

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Yeah, what's your point??

 

i didnt even know my car had one :\ never came with a hood heat shield... wouldnt mind buying one though if you guys have it for a 5th gen :]

 

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what's up jweller, how's all the head, motor stuff working out for you ?</TD></TR></TABLE>

suffering from funding issues

that and I'm bound and determined to finish my HID retrofit before anything else

 

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me too, even with my T4 turbo and engine spun up to 11,000 rpm yO! j/k but really even with the turbo (actually t3/t04) I don't have any issues w/ the paint on the hood

 

here's a dumb question why take it off??? i can't imagine it being that heavy so your not going to save much weight. it may look kinda ugly, but last time i checked i don't see too many people driving with their hood up.

 

taking it off would possibly the most pointless thing ever. It does not weigh that much and actually benefits the car. leave it on.

 

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by KGAccord &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">here's a dumb question why take it off??? </TD></TR></TABLE>

because it was coming apart anyway