hoods

it's in transit (being shipped), also got the fresh air chamber to mate to the bottom of l88 hood. huk_finn2006-10-31 09:59:22

Bought an L-88 hood from Eckler's several years ago.....overall, great workmanship. However, the very front (where it comes to a point), sat noticibly higher than the stock hood.  I was informed by Eckler's staff that you can actually mold the glass with a bit of coaxing. Here's what I did:  Got the hood nice and warm by driving a bit. Placing a non-slip surface on that part of the hood, I VERY CAREFULLY balanced a heavy object (in my case, an old a/c compressor) over it, making sure it wasn't going to roll off the front of the nose. It took about 6 times but it now fits flush with the front section.  I had a sick feeling in my stomach the whole time, envisioning it rolling off and scratching everything in its way.  Not a bad idea to babysit it the first few times......you can remove it when the hood cools.  Hopefully, yours will fit well, but here's the solution if it doesn't jredding2006-10-31 14:27:19

thanks for the tip,,, That should be very useful, never thought of that

Forgot to mention an old mouse pad made a good non-slip surface.....hope you don't need it.