I was asked about this in the Reverse Cowl hood GB thread, so Tyrant and I did it on his car today, should work on any CF hood that has a factory-like liner.
( The disclaimer: I in no way warrant this how-to. When drilling into your hood you are an your own. If you use the tape and are careful, you should be OK. But don't blame me if something awful happens.)
First-off, tools you'll need:
drill
11/64" drill bit, if you can't find that size 3/16" will do.
masking tape
utility knife or Xacto
You'll also need the weatherstripping, part no. B30D-56-770A, should cost around $20.
1. Open the package and take out the strip. It'll have a bunch of plastic pins in it, (see below) take them out.
2. There will be a hole in the round part at the center, find it, you'll reference that when putting it on the car.
3. Now take some tape, and wrap it around the drill bit, leaving about 1/4" of the tip exposed. The best way to do this is to stick one end of the tape to the drill bit and spin the drill, and let it do the winding. Make sure it's a pretty big hunk of tape, THIS IS WHAT KEEPS YOU FROM DRILLING THROUGH THE HOOD!
4. Now tape the weatherstripping to the car, starting in the center. Use your stock hood to see how close to get it to the front edge and use the hole in the strip to line it up with the center of the hood latch. Throw the ends over the hood to keep it from falling off until you get enough tape on it.
When you're done taping, it should look like this:
Don't worry if it sags a little, as long as it was taped right to begin with.
( The disclaimer: I in no way warrant this how-to. When drilling into your hood you are an your own. If you use the tape and are careful, you should be OK. But don't blame me if something awful happens.)
First-off, tools you'll need:
drill
11/64" drill bit, if you can't find that size 3/16" will do.
masking tape
utility knife or Xacto
You'll also need the weatherstripping, part no. B30D-56-770A, should cost around $20.
1. Open the package and take out the strip. It'll have a bunch of plastic pins in it, (see below) take them out.
2. There will be a hole in the round part at the center, find it, you'll reference that when putting it on the car.
3. Now take some tape, and wrap it around the drill bit, leaving about 1/4" of the tip exposed. The best way to do this is to stick one end of the tape to the drill bit and spin the drill, and let it do the winding. Make sure it's a pretty big hunk of tape, THIS IS WHAT KEEPS YOU FROM DRILLING THROUGH THE HOOD!
4. Now tape the weatherstripping to the car, starting in the center. Use your stock hood to see how close to get it to the front edge and use the hole in the strip to line it up with the center of the hood latch. Throw the ends over the hood to keep it from falling off until you get enough tape on it.
When you're done taping, it should look like this:
Don't worry if it sags a little, as long as it was taped right to begin with.
