OKAY... This winter was a b@#$* in the Boston area.... And it took a toll on my hood vent... The hood vent is now losing the black color...

What should I do? Re-paint or will I have to re-piant every year?

Any other solution (I don't want to get rid of the veat shield)

 

wow that stinks, i dont think i heard of anyones doing that. is it just the heat shield on the inside or is it the outside part that is connected to the hood. if its just that inner heat shield go with the aluminum replacement.

 

It's happening to mine too. I'm bebating whether to paint flat-black or (body color) bby.

 

mine too.. I was thinking of getting the RalliArt one. Oh wel.l Maybe if we let it go long enough it will turn all silver and just kinda look like the RalliArt one......

 

i repainted mine last year, looks better now than ever, and what are you talking about, this winter was a BLAST!!!!

 

so its the inside pleats that are in the hood? if so definately go with the ralliart one, it looks pretty cool and wont have that embarising peeling look.

 

i used black primer cause of the heat, dont want it peeling or anything

 

what kind of paint and what color did you repaint yours? and the winter was a blast especially if you had winter tires!!! then it was ooodles of fun jk

 

i just took mine out!

 

my hood vent is fine, but recently i noticed that the salt or stones from winter had started to ship my mesh grille...check out this thread...some kid said his hood vent got replaced under warranty...you might want to pm him for details...

 

I let all the paint on mine flake off. It's now a polished silver which I think compliments the car. I've got a black car so it goes with the theme: black with polished silver. I'll see about posting a picture later today.

 

I repainted mine with high-temp black paint. I just ran over it a few times with some sand paper to make sure the paint didn't flake off. It still looks great.

-Paul

 

I repainted mine (keeping it black). Even if you would have to repaint it every year it's very easy to pop out and do. 4 plastic screws I think.

I'm sure I used a high heat paint, but I don't recall what temp it was.

 

I used high heat silver spray paint from Autozone on mine (Rally red) and it hasn't chipped or faded at all in six months. Looks much better than flat black IMHO. And the thing comes off easily so that spraying it is simple. So easy that I'm thinking of trying different colors just to see how things look.

 

I like the way mine turned out. Gloss white VHT.