calbear92

I am in the middle of a DIY project to plastidip my B9 chrome front center grill. I prepped the front end and masked off the proper areas late this afternoon, but it was getting dark and air a bit humid.

I decided to partially close the hood and actually apply the Plastidip spray tomorrow. However, since I already removed the central plastic trim above the radiator and the corresponding actual manual hood latch release- I didn't realize that there were 2 hood latches by above/behind each headlight.

Now, I only have about 2-3 inches of clearance- how to do I actually manually release the 2 latches and get the hood open?

Mahalo in advance.

R8ready

Sorry can't help you.

But did you make a DIY on how to plastic dip the grill?

Plan on doing this myself.

DIY would be great

calbear92

I didn't, but some others before me have. This is what I watched initially:


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KZYMy_hePHY

VipinLJ

calbear92

actually, I figured it out- I was able to shine a bright LED flashlight into the gap and look at the round dial where the under hood release lever would sit.

I looked at the mechanism underneath the dial and saw the hood release cable. It was relatively easy release by simply putting some light tension on the cable.

Eazy Peazy.

Hope this helps someone save some headaches in the future.

Now- trying to plastidip the entire front grill without any texture, drips, tears- that's another challenge in itself.

Prof

Thanks for posting your solution to the hood latch problem. This is the value of the forum.

VipinLJ

marklar182

I just reinstall the lever once the plastic panel is off! That is a headache I don't want!

R8ready

any pictures of the grill plastic dipped? and do you have sensors on your grill? any issues with that