:bugeyed: :shock: :thumbsup: :shock: :bugeyed:

 

I want your hood

 

Hello Robert,

It's a very good idea! With a beautiful finish round the hood.
The grille recessed inwards will highlight the headlights and give an exclusive look.

Denis.

 

I want your hood

it's a nice hood,

Indy, talk to Dwight (bwdakrt) over at dak/dur.com. He mounted the grill to the upper frame bar somehow.

I think this is what your getting at? I'm not completely "awake" yet. lol

 

wow, that's a mirror in the hood! I thought it was cutout and transparent at first :wall:

 

Yep, looks like an evo front end. Use a stock grille, cut out the cross hairs and, using your extraordinary manufacturing skills, make it look like an evo grille! Just my 2¢. :cheesy:

 

That's a nice look with the grill fixed onto the front bumper. Good thinking with creating a spring loaded mechanism on which to tilt the grill outward in its new location, that way you can retain the easy access to the radiator; best of both worlds. Keep us posted Indy!

 

Yea, mine is a lot like Dwight's grille. Nothing added, just a lower mount. I went about it differently than he did however. I also added a finished piece across the lip of the hood. Stockers and my Moore hood have a lot deeper front edge than his appears to have in that photo above. I wanted mine to look finished.

I'm not satisfied with the trim along the top yet but it'll have to do for now until I can come with something else. I didn't drill any holes in my grille like he did for the springs. Just attached to the insert grip clips. They bite like the dickens so should hold just fine. I may add one eye bolt like his for up and down support. Side to side and spring tension is solved.

I'm specing up a cover for the top of the grille looking downward too. THAT isn't as easy as one may think. Plus home fashioned always looks different than plasma cut pro, robot work.

Denis, a nice outward rake ala the new Ram would have been a good idea actually. I may look into that.

IndyD

 

PICS where's the PICS?

 

:cheesy:

 

I like that you're covering up the holes in the open hood where the old mounts were. It looks too unfinished otherwise.

While I like the looks of the grill on the front instead of on the hood, I like the fact that the grill goes up and out of the way for cleaning. Maybe a lift-off grill. :thumbsup:

 

I like it that you can't bump your head, but wonder if the pressure of leaning into the engine compartment for maintenance might not want ME to have the grille there without extra reinforcements.

 

Maybe I'll just leave it stock. :shock:

The top trim is a beast. Gonna need something temp for the Show and then find something else permanent. Maybe I'll find something at the show that'll work.

IndyD

 

I think you'll need to forget about trimming it and eventually have the hood body worked so it has a finished edge and blends smoothly with the grill.
Anything added on (trim, plates) will look unfinished, rework the hood edge and it looks factory. You can do it!
Steve
DOC Pres

 

Let's talk at the show. I have some ideas for you.

 

I think you'll need to forget about trimming it and eventually have the hood body worked so it has a finished edge and blends smoothly with the grill. rework the hood edge and it looks factory. You can do it!

No I'm not that skilled. My stuff is fine for rear hatches and under doors but nothing critical to look at. Nice idea I'll kick around. I'm hoping to find something at Carlisle that I can re-fabricate.

Let's talk at the show. I have some ideas for you.

I'm all ears.

I like the front face on what I have, but don't like the trim as is. Like the idea of the chrome trim there, just not the current implementation. Just hurried the trim on there yesterday to get it done (for now.)

Here are pix.

IndyDurango

<img src=http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo95/IndyDurango/projects/grille/IMG00335.jpg width=790>

<img src=http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo95/IndyDurango/projects/grille/IMG00336.jpg width=790>

<img src=http://i365.photobucket.com/albums/oo95/IndyDurango/projects/grille/IMG00334.jpg width=790>

 

Hmmm, that's pretty neat. How did you mount it and how does the overlap where the grill and hood meet get closed when the hood is shut? Can you post some close up pics and how that was done. Two years ago when I had the truck at the bodyshop I asked the guy to do that and he said he could but it'd be 3-4k for the fab work to do that to the grill.

 

If you drive to Indy I'll bet he can do it for about $100 less than the price quoted you from body shop. :cheesy:

 

GOTTA dump the chrome trim. I understand ya gotta run with it for now, but it can't stay. doesn't fit the look.

 

the bodyshop was going to design a hinge that closes the grill at the top against the hood when the hood was in the full closed position. I saw it done on several vehicles they have had in there in the past - really slick. I was worried about the grill and hood paint rubbing together after awhile. They said they'd use a foam or clear sticker to make sure that didn't happen.

 

I was going to use a spacer for that very concern. Instead I fabricated two compound angle brackets, one on each side, to support the grille floating above the bumper. I don't like drilling so I made sure everything used the factory placed holes on either the frame or the grille that were already there.

I like the way it turned out and I like the face trim I made. Just don't like the finished top edge chrome strip (yet.)

IndyDurango

 

I like the way it turned out and I like the face trim I made. Just don't like the finished top edge chrome strip (yet.)

IndyDurango

Maybe a body-colored bug deflector? :?

 

Dan, That's not a bad idea. I drove for years with a bug shield and have a smoked one (3 piece) still in the parts shed somewhere.

 

PAINT IT TO MATCH!!

 

Exactly! :mrgreen: :mrgreen: Since you revived your rear hatch and door sills, you no doubt have some paint left over. :thumbsup: