No hood louver look....not gonna happen

[twozero1]

As I'm dechroming I tought that since the lower left corner was loose and floppy I'd just pull it off and use some CF thin molding or thin black to cover the holes and leave an nice a smooth looking good. Well after pulling it off without breaking it completely I was shocked of how much glue and silicone was used. Brushed on glue, then black silicone and some crazy brown caulking type stuff. Unreal. Hoods a mess..... So my no louver hood turned into stock replacement. I'll live with it. Just personally don't want chrome.

 

[derian06]

As I'm dechroming I tought that since the lower left corner was loose and floppy I'd just pull it off and use some CF thin molding or thin black to cover the holes and leave an nice a smooth looking good. Well after pulling it off without breaking it completely I was shocked of how much glue and silicone was used. Brushed on glue, then black silicone and some crazy brown caulking type stuff. Unreal. Hoods a mess..... So my no louver hood turned into stock replacement. I'll live with it. Just personally don't want chrome.

How was ripping it off? I was planning on taking it off to cut slits in it, allowing heat to escape.

 

[Cyouincourt007]

Yea how was ripping it off? I started to do mine thinking the same thing about opening slots for heat removal etc but it felt like It was going to break as I was taking it off so I stopped.
i like how you put the original in there and made it look like that glue mess never even happened.

 

[Renagade132]

It looks so much better in black, what a difference.

 

[rascole]

I took mine off and damn glad I did. Minor work to fill in the holes and looks much better IMO. After a minor accident I pulled the trigger.
http://www.hummer4x4offroad.com/forum/showthread.php?7347-Front-end-body-damage-Ahhhhhh!/page2

 

[4speedfunk]

That glue & construction adhesive is a GM recall repair. Ironically...of all the stuff wrong with the H3, this is the only recall. I took my louvre off years ago, and I've received no less than ten notices to bring my Hummer in to get it fixed.

No glue at the factory...just clips.

 

[twozero1]

I did do a search and liked what I saw with it removed and if I had time now I would have it shaved but I don't. So snapped in a new one. I did use some black silicone in spots for that just incase but it snaps in so tight Im surprised there was ever an issue.

Removing it wasn't too bad. It already had two broken clips in lower corner. Then I broke couple more off on the front of hood. The rear one I pushed up from under the hood. I was going to use it as a templet to fab up something but I'm just not motivated right now and again would rather have it shaved. And my body shop hook up guy has moved away so I'd have to drop off truck at my other shop I use.

here is what the underside of louver looks like.

 

[SedonaBound]

Seems to me you could remove all the adhesive with the right solvents that wouldn't soften the paint. Test spot on the underside. Silicon can often be "rolled" off with your fingers.

I like the std black panel too; my H3T has the chrome pkg and I wish it didn't. I wish GM had put real louvers there with a deflector panel underneath. Be nice to find an old timer body man who knows has a louver cutter and knows how to use it.

 

[twozero1]

The brushed on stuff is melted into to paint. I got most of the black silicone off and the brown caulking stuff was mountain sized all over. The pic is with it cleaned up. Forgot to take pic of it when I first took it off. Jaw dropping. I didn't want to get down to bare metal when I was only going to put a new louver on.

 

[SedonaBound]

The brushed on stuff is melted into to paint.

Eww, that's nasty. But I think the black faux louver piece looks good...better than a naked hood. I think i'm gonna plasti-dip my chrome one.

 

[twozero1]

What I should have done was exactly that. Plasti Dip it. Put some more silicone under the one corner and just dipped it. BUT noooooo I was digging the no louver look. At least the new louver was cheap.

 

[rascole]

The black on black is a good combination. I just did not like the faded plastic on mine and my recall repair caused water to build up underneath and slowly drain out. I used a heat gun to soften up the adhesive and 95% of it came right off and acetone to finish it. Tack welded some small filler pieces and a touch of body filler and it looks like new.