I have mine off during the summer but in the Winter I leave it on just for insurance.

 

ive had mine out for a little over a yr.. through rain.. snow.. and hot days.. no difference.. i just clean under the hood wen i was my car..

 

Why do you guys take them off? Look? Cooling? Lets see some pics with them on and off

 

I have mine off for over a year now and no problem. But i heard that the hood bonnet helps with air flow.

 

is that why people buy lighter race wheels with high a$$ offsets, or change their front/ rear bumpers for the JDM pieces? people do things for looks at the expense of performance and vice versa... i guess we all DO have a little rice in us... no one should leave their car 100% stock when buying a car like ours, even if its something as simple as that high performance +1000hp 100% functional R&D tested rally car/ something that any superhero would leave on hood vent... just sayin.

-K. West

 

I have the new Springfield Armory alarm, so im not worried about people messing with it.


Had mine off for 18 months now. No problems.

Water goes through that vent.. engine gets soaked when it rains regardless...

 

I've thought about it but I'm too lazy to do useless things to my car.

 

Relax it was just a joke I know ppl can do w.e then want with there cars. Relax you can do w.e you want with it its your car your money.

 

I used to have my hood vent out but I got tired of water sitting on the exhaust manifold and dripping into the 02 housing which then sat in my exhaust and gummed up my rear 02 sensor. Not to mention the car would run like butt after a rain storm until all the water was cleared out. Other than that. I had no negative effects =P

 

Mines didn't come with the hood vent. As winter is approaching I ordered one and now its on.

 

anyone of you guys want to sell me your removed vents?

 

i had mine removed and never had problem. Surprisingly I see more heat coming out when I stop for traffics.

 

^^ true

 

ill sell u mine! in NJ! pm me!

 

I'm sure Mitsubishi engineers designed this to help with cooling.....if you're more worried about performance than looks then keep it on, otherwise remove it so your car will look even "cooler"