American Car Craft Corvette Hood Panel Polished 2Pc 2005-2013 C6 all - Manual (Page 3)

complete cure. You have been supplied with several self stick plastic segments.
Use these segments to aid in the securing of the panels in any areas that may seem
to need a little help keeping in place. Once the panel is cured the next day, simply
remove the segments and the clear protective liner from both panels.
7. ADVANCED INSTALLATION
TECHNIQUE………………………..
Although removing the hood is not necessary this simple step offers
some advantages. The first most significant advantage is that with the
hood face down on a protected surface the panels can be weighted
down into the hood thusly creating valuable clearance space between
the hood panel and the engine. Should you elect to perform this type
of installation follow these few steps.
REMOVE HOOD:
1. It is important to mark the four hood bolts to the hinges by circling them with a
silver marker.
This will allow you to replace the hood with out the tedious task of adjusting its
position. You will just simply re-bolt the hood to the original placement.
2. In order to do this you will need three people, two to hold and manipulate the
hood and one person to bolt and unbolt the hood. Before you begin this you will
need to unplug the factory hood light harness. Once you have unbolted the hood
be sure to place it on a stable table with plenty of blankets to protect the paint.
With the hood in a nice solid position face down you can begin the installation
procedures outlined in steps 1 thru 5.
3. With the hood panels installed in this position you can now take this
opportunity to weight the two panels into a nice bottomed out position closest to
the hoods outer skin. Any thing can be used such as sand bags, paint buckets, gym
weights. Just be sure to apply a blanket to the hood panels to protect them from
scratches. Also you may want to be careful not to place any thing that will be too
heavy and dent the panels. Allow to set overnight remove the weights then
reinstall the hood. Start with the lower hood bolts first as these are pivot bolts then
the top ones tightening them to the silver marks placed earlier. IMPORTANT
TECH TIP: It is important to be aware that the outer skin of the C6 hood is a very
flexible composite. If the hood is set flat on the center hump it could flatten under
its own weight thusly causing the silicone adhesive to set the hood in this
flattened shape! In order to avoid this prop the hood at the two sides. Do this by
using a couple of full rolls of paper towels it works great. Also if you are going to
weight the panels into the hood be sure NOT to apply too much weight as this will
create the same problem when you take the weight off. We find that about 5lbs of
weight works perfectly.