Scrming Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Wanted to do some hood vents.... wife is out of town... kids are at Grandma's... hmmmm... swung by MRT to see what we could come up with... After popping the hood liner off, it became apparent our choice and placement would be a bit limited if we didn't want to cut through the structure on the under side of the hood and stay on the flat part on the top of the hood. With that said here we go... 1) Template laid out 2) Past the point of No Return! 3) One big can opener! 4) Easy access dip-stick! 5) The under side 6 & 7) The finished product! I'm VERY HAPPY with the way this little Saturday afternoon project turned out! Yes, i realize the vents are sideways, but hey the motor is in sideways too! mjhpadi 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpd1151 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Very VERY nice :hail: Nice to see someone else who is just as nutty as I am to be cutting into the hood of what is literally, a brand new car! :thumb: Great job :yo: Sent from my DROID3 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteelBlue402A Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Gotta give ya props looks great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrming Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Thanks, guys!! Yep, got about 6000 miles on the ST... so yes, I stood there thinking to myself, "OMG, were going to cut holes in my brand new car!" LOL! But Scott had been drilling and cutting on my cars seen 2005, so I trust him completely! Here he is in February 2006 drilling holes in my 2005 Mustang: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tss Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 That looks great. You are brave my friend...all of you cutting holes in your hoods! Where in MI is MRT? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrming Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 That looks great. You are brave my friend...all of you cutting holes in your hoods! Where in MI is MRT? Thanks! They are in Plymouth... Basically M-14 and Beck Road. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetair Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Wow. Never cut holes in my hood before. I did cut holes in my Marauders trunk to self install the spoiler. That point of no return is hard to explain as to how nervous you get. Looks great. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrming Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Wow. Never cut holes in my hood before. I did cut holes in my Marauders trunk to self install the spoiler. That point of no return is hard to explain as to how nervous you get. Looks great. Thanks! Yep... lump in the throat, gulp and then "Yep, let's do this!" LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpd1151 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Very true, very true...... John's in great company.... Sent from my DROID3 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crash712us Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Very nice John, compliments car well. Where did the hood vents come from or intend to go on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mjhpadi Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 They look great! Understand completely how tough it is to cut hoods in a new car, but they really came out looking great, nice idea and even better look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SHOdded Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Sure adds pizzazz! Are they functional? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrming Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Very nice John' date=' compliments car well. Where did the hood vents come from or intend to go on?[/quote'] Thanks! They are GT500 2007-2009 vents. They look great! Understand completely how tough it is to cut hoods in a new car' date=' but they really came out looking great, nice idea and even better look![/quote'] Thanks!!! Sure adds pizzazz! Are they functional? Yep, they are functional... Hopefully we can pull of the next idea to add even more pizzazz!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrming Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Very true, very true...... John's in great company.... Sent from my DROID3 using Tapatalk 2 Yep, those are some serious holes! LOL! I was wanted to do vents on the Flex... but now my focus has really turned completely to the ST! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve142857 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Very nice John! I thought reading through your first post that you were putting them on the Flex until I opened the pictures... Lol! We told you you were to turn on the dark side of modding that Focus. You almost were persuasive when you saud you wouldn't that I thought you coukd have waited until June... But you impress me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrming Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 Very nice John!I thought reading through your first post that you were putting them on the Flex until I opened the pictures... Lol! We told you you were to turn on the dark side of modding that Focus. You almost were persuasive when you saud you wouldn't that I thought you coukd have waited until June... But you impress me! I tried to fight the mod-bug on the Focus... didn't work out so well.. so now it's GAME ON! And THANKS!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casperl878 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 the hood looks great and i love the look and finishing results is nice and different !! and yes i totally understand the scare of cutting holes in ya hood. great job !!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bpd1151 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 We are a rare bunch, that's for sure! Nice to see you posting again Anthony :thumb: Hope all's well :yo: Sent from my DROID3 using Tapatalk 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrming Posted January 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 the hood looks great and i love the look and finishing results is nice and different !! and yes i totally understand the scare of cutting holes in ya hood. great job !!! Thanks!!! And hopefully, it things go as planned, the ST will be in the paint both too... probably not until spring though... and the wait will be killing me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casperl878 Posted January 27, 2013 Report Share Posted January 27, 2013 thanks mike, ive been around just laying back and taking it ez. And yes the most difficult thing is the "WAIT" time from when you finally make that move and then especially when its getting the work done, good luck buddy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Night Hawk Posted January 28, 2013 Report Share Posted January 28, 2013 If its good enough for shelby.... http://lh4.ggpht.com/-nHVNndMtbe4/UPW42kX4JAI/AAAAAAALNi4/e5dFmCopkMY/s1600/Shelby-2103-Ford-Focus-ST-20%25255B2%25255D.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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