Cutting Fiberglass Hood Vents

[Scoop]

Just got the Highlander hood from WH. Looks to be good quality. I want to cut the slots in the hood for the driver's vent and heater box. I searched but couldn't find any threads on this. Has anyone done this successfully? I thought I would drill holes at each end of each indentation and use a hand jig saw to cut them out. Will the fiberglass strips left be strong enough?

Thanks for any help.

 

[GRIZZLY]

I just hole-sawed mine but it's a primered trail truck. I've had a lot of luck trimming fiberglass with a dremel. Once it's cut you might want to consider epoxying some perforated stainless to the back side to give those slats some support and also acts like a filter to keep larger debris(read leaves) out of the ducts.

 

[Scoop]

Thanks.

That's a really good idea about the perforated stainless. Would add stringth and keep the larger stuff out.

Tahnks.

 

[brewdude]

First off welcome to the site, second make sure that you wear long sleaves gloves and wear a mask fiberglass will get into your skin, mouth, nose ect and will itch like a mother for a long time. I know I cut holes in my hood scoop on my 69 and the itching lasted for days.

 

[brian72]

I glassed over mine...I thought I had enough fresh air...running without a top ;D

 

[ransil]

I cut mine out, the look like crap, maybe it was just my cutting. They the vents are strong enough after cutting.
I tried a rotozip dry wall bit, it was hard to control, ended up using a jigsaw with fine blade.

If I were to do it again I would just drill a bunch of 1/4 in holes.

 

[ManTruck]

I just drilled holes in mine.