(a.k.a. Daystar Hood Wranglers or Daystar hood hold downs)
I passed a dump truck on a fast two lane road today and experienced startling hood flutter for the first time. OK, I get it: big vertical grille + rubber hold downs + plus hood spring = perfect opportunity for flutter. I'd like a clean solution.
Removing the hood spring doesn't appeal to me because I'm forgetful and will undoubtedly slam the hood to all heck on a wrench, flashlight, or just the fenders.
I have read the other hood flutter threads and I like the Daystar solution, but the photos on the seller sites show the hood secured so tightly that the hood corner paint is chipping from fender contact!
Attached are photos of my stock hood latch (anvil), Quadratech's photo of the Daystar (blue) and Extreme Terrain's photo of the Daystar (orange). IMO, both sellers show extremely unflattering images of the product's effect on the corner of the hood. I've had my wonderful JK for less than a month, so I don't feel quite ready for chipped paint.
If you have these installed, is this extreme degree of clamp-down your experience?
Also, wouldn't you have to push the hood down very hard against the spring resistance to get the shorter Daystar-altered latch to engage?
I passed a dump truck on a fast two lane road today and experienced startling hood flutter for the first time. OK, I get it: big vertical grille + rubber hold downs + plus hood spring = perfect opportunity for flutter. I'd like a clean solution.
Removing the hood spring doesn't appeal to me because I'm forgetful and will undoubtedly slam the hood to all heck on a wrench, flashlight, or just the fenders.
I have read the other hood flutter threads and I like the Daystar solution, but the photos on the seller sites show the hood secured so tightly that the hood corner paint is chipping from fender contact!
Attached are photos of my stock hood latch (anvil), Quadratech's photo of the Daystar (blue) and Extreme Terrain's photo of the Daystar (orange). IMO, both sellers show extremely unflattering images of the product's effect on the corner of the hood. I've had my wonderful JK for less than a month, so I don't feel quite ready for chipped paint.
If you have these installed, is this extreme degree of clamp-down your experience?
Also, wouldn't you have to push the hood down very hard against the spring resistance to get the shorter Daystar-altered latch to engage?