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Old May 26, 2007 | 04:21 PM
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just wonderin if anyone drilled into their CF hood and made washer nozzles fit. if so how? i was thinkin drill then fill 2 notches so it will lock in like a brake light openin. but idn any ideas???
Old May 26, 2007 | 09:16 PM
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maybe, but risky
Old May 26, 2007 | 09:23 PM
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the nozzles are a pressure fit type deal, they kind of just press into place, my cf hood had holes predrilled, but it still needed to be ground out a little further. I used my dremel...
Old May 26, 2007 | 09:43 PM
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If your going to drill. Start off with a very thin drill and get bigger drill bits slowly. Just use 3 different sizes. If you try a big one to start with you might break something.
Old May 26, 2007 | 10:06 PM
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i wouldnt recommend starting with a small bit. the bigger one could catch the carbon. but absolutely use the drill in reverse
Old May 26, 2007 | 10:12 PM
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my washer nozzels will not fit in the holes provided in my Seibon hood. I refuse to attempt to dremmel or drill on the freakin thing, so I am waiting to go to the scrap yard and get some honda screw style ones to fit in there.

And no I dont want the freakin light up ones from autozone, even tho they would fit very easily
Old May 26, 2007 | 10:24 PM
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Why not dremel your hood? I did, everything worked out fine. Just take a little off at a time. Its not like they're true carbon fiber hoods anyway...
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Originally Posted by hotweelz4me
my washer nozzels will not fit in the holes provided in my Seibon hood. I refuse to attempt to dremmel or drill on the freakin thing, so I am waiting to go to the scrap yard and get some honda screw style ones to fit in there.
how do you like your Seibon? where did you get yours from.i found a couple sites all with slightly diff prices.
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Originally Posted by hotweelz4me
my washer nozzels will not fit in the holes provided in my Seibon hood. I refuse to attempt to dremmel or drill on the freakin thing, so I am waiting to go to the scrap yard and get some honda screw style ones to fit in there.
how do you like your Seibon? where did you get yours from.i found a couple sites all with slightly diff prices. thanks everyone for the input
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Seibon is awesome! I have mine and everyone loves it. Guys in my club have cheaper brands and they all love the size of the weave and the finish on mine.
Old Jun 1, 2007 | 05:18 AM
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just disconnect the hose from the stock hood as close to the edge of teh hood as possible, and then take the leftover piping thats chillin and tuck it into a hole or something. Then carry glass wipes if you really need to wash off your glass. thats what i do!
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