so i just bought a rrm carbon fiber hood for my 04 es and i was waondering if there was a way to close the vent to prevent rain from entering my engine because where i live in ohio it rains quite a bit.any suggestions would help.

 

I would try to cut a piece of plastic and kinda bolt in on from the inside of the hood. The RRM hood didn't come with one?

Where in Ohio do you live?

 

Um you might wanna give them a call or PM ROCK with this question

 

some hoods like the seibon evo hood for my 03 has a fiberglass water shield that bolts in and is able to be taken out easily with 6 screws. This might come on your hood. As was mentioned. Call and ask.

 

Water is not gonna hurt anything. At the same time you can install something under the vents to block water for the rainy months, I would not bother though.

ROAD/RACE

 

All it does is rust the bolts. I ran my hood open all summer.. no issues except for rusty bolts, even with a SRI. Winter time I would suggest a gaurd simply for dirt/salt/rocks.

 

i live just south of cleveland and when they shipped my hood i didnt get my mesh inserts or anything like that.so the hood should come wth a fiberglass water shield then?

 

It depends. I ordered a Seibon CF evo style hood through RRM. The seibon hood came with mesh and a water shield. what hood did you get?

 

You could just run it without it. I've had no problems running open vents year round, and Mitsuozboi hasn't had problems in the summer time. For some peace of mind though, if you absolutely had to have something, throw some insect netting underneath it. That's what I did, makes it so you can't see everything under the hood and keeps more water out than if you didn't have it there.

 

i ordered the evo style hood from rrm

 

Mesh left today for someone.

ROAD/RACE

 

H20

 

water doesnt hurt anything...

 

Well, if he lives somewhere really cold in the winter, like me, with a vent, it will take a freaking eternity for the thing to warm up. Mine does anyway...

 

anyway you would be able to tell if it was my mesh or not?