You could use thin sheets of finished fiberglass

painted black to cover the holes in the hood when it rains.

You could attatch it with velcro being they will be light.

Or you could epoxy some stainless steel canvas snaps

and either snap on the fiberglass panels or get canvas ones

made up. The fiberglass panels basically look like formica

but are made of glass. They could be painted black.



That **** they use for signs thats a plastic that almost looks

like corrogated cardboard holds up really well, is waterproof,

super light, and can also be held up with snaps or velcro.

the wheels and the hood match great

Where do I get one?

Really. Just put two scratches across my hood that a body shop wants about $500 to repair. If I can get a better ventilated one for $100 less, that's a pretty clear-cut case of "gimme, gimme, right now!" as far as I can see.



Is there anything I'm missing here, or is it really that clear-cut? I'm not going to break it trying to install it with the complete lack of experience I have, or anything, am I?



Oh, and in the meantime, where do you get mazda scratch repair type paint? I tried the GM black, the only one I could find, and it doesn't match at all.

they have vis hoods on e bay........ once every couple of weeks the knightsport replica comes up

$367 +$150 s&h, I see a couple of 'em. Cool.



I'd be very interested to see whatever you use to block the rain, and get the dimensions on it--maybe even a brief explanation of how you made it. I'm not exactly experienced at fabricating parts, and I don't think I can take the easy way out here and use thermal plastic.

what material is the mesh made out of? maybe you can use a big piece of magnetic sheet ........ sorta like the things you put on your fridge that says your local pizzeria's phone number..... that way you can easily put it on and off without doin any extra fabrications only cutting...... but thats only if it will stick to the mesh



martin

thanks for the ideas on the rain blocks, I will figure something out this weekend when I have some free time. It rained pretty hard tonight and I don't really like taping a plstic bag to the hood to keep the water out...



I knew about this when I bought the hood, just have to come up with a good plan. So far I am happy after a few days of driving, you can see the heat pour out the vents at stop lights and after the car is off. being in texas I need all the cooling that is possible.

I am pretty sure the mesh is steel, will have to check. thanks for the ideas on the rain blocks, I will figure something out this weekend when I have some free time. It rained pretty hard tonight and I don't really like taping a plstic bag to the hood to keep the water out...



I knew about this when I bought the hood, just have to come up with a good plan. So far I am happy after a few days of driving, you can see the heat pour out the vents at stop lights and after the car is off. being in texas I need all the cooling that is possible.

I could easily fabricate what you need to block the rain, it blows my mind

that they just dont include it with the hood.

Mako, did you get something fabricated to block the rain? If you tried that magnetic sheet idea, did it work?