American Car Craft Corvette Hood Panel Polished 2Pc 2005-2013 C6 all - Manual (Page 2)

very good looking or efficient and the wire harness leading up the lamp is out in the open
and will really distract from the overall look of your new custom panel. Because of this
we recommend that it be removed.
The first step will be to locate the harness connector and separate the lamp from the car.
This can easily be done by removing the plastic locking pin or sometimes it's just a
matter of unlatching the two parts from each other. The wire harness is pushed into the
hood at several locations along the route to the lamp. These will need to be forcibly
pulled out of the attachment locations. The last thing to do would be to drill out the two
rivets securing the lamp to the hood. Using the appropriate drill bit carefully drill into the
head of the rivets so that you can remove the head and detach the lamp. You may have to
drill further to remove the rivet completely from the two locations. Be very careful not to
poke the outer skin of the hood itself.
2. You have been provided with a small scotch pad. Use this pad to scuff the
entire area of both insets including the 1” border. This will create a nice bondable
surface. Once you have scuffed both areas you will need to thoroughly clean the
surfaces by scrubbing them with rubbing alcohol and wiping off any and all
residues with paper towels.
3. You will notice that each of the two hood insets contain a 1’’ border. This inner
border will need to be specially treated by swiping them once with the adhesive
promoter provided. This will provide an accelerated bondable surface for the
inserts to attach to. NOTE: The adhesive promoter is to be applied to this 1’’
border only and not to the larger main surface areas.
4. Although each of the two panels come to you pre shaped for installation you
will need to set each panel in place to check the overall fit and make any
adjustments by hand so that they conform to their positions nicely without having
to force them. This will eliminate any possibility of the panels popping out of
place long term. PLEASE NOTE: Metal will not bend out of place by itself so if it
is properly formed and installed it will remain in place permanently.
5. Now that you have each of the panels nicely shaped to the insets you may begin
to finish installing them. You will notice that each of the two panel inserts contain
attachment tape along the outer edge and a series of “X” marks at the center.
Starting with the larger panel peel the red release liner from the attachment tape at
the outer edge, then apply about a golf ball sized dab of clear 100% silicone
adhesive provided to each of the “X” marks. With the help of a friend carefully
place the insert into position and press firmly along the perimeter to set it to the
hood. This attachment system has been formulated to allow the attachment tape to
secure each of the two panels in place well enough to allow the silicone to set.
The attachment tape alone is NOT sufficient enough to permanently secure the
panels by itself but works in unison with the silicone to provide a reliable bond
and permanent attachment. Allow the silicone to permanently bond the panel as it
is left in position at least overnight and if possible for twenty four hours for a