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martyo

10-19-2004, 06:42 AM

Has anyone successfully dressed up their under hood liner?

If so, please let me know 'cuz I've got some questions for you.....

Thanks!

2003 MIB

10-19-2004, 07:07 AM

Has anyone successfully dressed up their under hood liner?

If so, please let me know 'cuz I've got some questions for you.....

Thanks!
I use the spot free rinse at the self service car wash and a California Car Duster. It was Maury's idea and works pretty well.

martyo

10-19-2004, 07:21 AM

I am looking to get the liner itself logo'd. Any thoughts on that?

2003 MIB

10-19-2004, 07:28 AM

I am looking to get the liner itself logo'd. Any thoughts on that?
I'm sorry, Bro- I thought you were trying to clean it. If it were me, I'd call the folks in Marrietta that did your mats but I've also seen some cool GM underhood insulators at www.carmotorsports.com (http://www.carmotorsports.com)- they do custom work too.

martyo

10-19-2004, 07:35 AM

I'm sorry, Bro- I thought you were trying to clean it. If it were me, I'd call the folks in Marrietta that did your mats but I've also seen some cool GM underhood insulators at www.carmotorsports.com (http://www.carmotorsports.com)- they do custom work too.

Dan, you are the Man. That place is in the ATL. I gotta go ring 'em up....

TAF

10-19-2004, 07:35 AM

some cool GM underhood insulators at www.carmotorsports.com (http://www.carmotorsports.com/)- they do custom work too.
Uh...I guess I'll run up the street from Team Ford and see these guys...as they are located just up Cobb Parkway....

THANKS Dan!!!!!

2003 MIB

10-19-2004, 07:40 AM

No problem- Mama says, "Even a blind hog finds an acorn every once in a while." :D Good luck!- see y'all in November.

CRUZTAKER

10-19-2004, 05:13 PM

I made two attempts to have a design airbrushed on the liner. Both were utter failures.

It all started out nice, but the problem is that the material on the liner is extremely thin and tears easily. Both attempts with the air brush blew holes in the outer skin and the inner fiberglass filling was exposed.

I have one done in the garage, but I won't dare post it out of shear embarrassment.

Since then, I have considered that if it were possible to coat the liner with some type of coating that would seal it and protect it from future tearing, we could probably re airbrush it.

I ended up buying two liners at the dealer at a whopping $80 each, and after ruining the first two, gave up, and decided it wasn't worth the trouble.

Good luck.

BTW: Wholesale cost if you are good with a parts person is about $53 or so. Give it a try.

merc406

10-19-2004, 06:25 PM

Has anyone successfully dressed up their under hood liner?

If so, please let me know 'cuz I've got some questions for you.....

Thanks!

Polished sheet of stainless steel ;) :cool:

GordonB

10-19-2004, 06:29 PM

To all,
Based on my experience with bowtie stuff (aka C5 Vette) there is a `trick' to getting the paint to adhere to the hood liner -- just like body work, you must PREP the surface. People have successfully used Hi Temp Flat Black BBQ paint as a SEALER coat and then proceeded to paint the Colored Design on top of the BBQ paint coating.
For our MMs, we need to get the hood pad `stamped/embossed' with the Mercury Godshead (or MM.net logo) and then have the `stamping' painted SILVER or RED to show up, IMHO. It needs to be LARGE to be effective and showy!!!
Background: The C5 Vette has an embossed (done branding iron style) hood insulation pad with the C5 Emblem. Many have painted their underhood emblem to match their exterior color -- mine is painted Nassau Blue (Bright Blue with Red & White checkered flags and the outer circle and flag stems done in Nassau Blue.

GordonB

Agent M79

10-19-2004, 07:20 PM

Heh heh. I knew this come up once before right HERE. (http://www.mercurymarauder.net/forums/showthread.php?t=7133)

I was interested not as much in paint but in an emossed logo or embossed and painted logo. The one I saw on an Impala SS was really very cool. Need a great big Merc Head logo in there.

TAF

10-19-2004, 07:28 PM

Agent M79

10-19-2004, 07:40 PM

Dave,

I'll let you and the folks here know what I find out from the folks mentioned above. Look at their site...nice work.
Hmm. Embroidered. Would not have expected that. I am sure the one I saw was embossed and painted. The logo was big too. Almost as wide as the insulator.

Joe Walsh

10-19-2004, 07:46 PM

I've seen some cars at shows that have used aluminum faced Dynomat to line their hoods (after removing the OEM liner). They had cut the Dynomat to fit between the underhood structural braces..looked pretty good when done right.

GordonB

10-20-2004, 05:50 AM

Embroidery -- very doubtful. You can only embroider the area that can fit INSIDE an Embroidery Hoop. Max size is probably 12 ", but not much more.

The embossing for hood pads, etc. is usally done with pressure and heat.

What we really need is the equivalent of the Front Seat Embossing enlarged 10X and transferred to the Hoodpad.

If someone can figure it out, who/where/etc, I'm game for 2 hood pads!!!

GordonB

TAF

10-20-2004, 05:57 AM

Embroidery -- very doubtful. You can only embroider the area that can fit INSIDE an Embroidery Hoop. Max size is probably 12 ", but not much more.Many of these look to be much larger than 12"....

Custom Embroidered Underhood Insulators

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GordonB

10-20-2004, 08:51 AM

TAF,
OK, I stand corrected. Bought my Vette Hood pad 2 years ago and only painted ones were available at that time.
$64K ?? -- Will this outfit do something for our MMs since all I saw at their website was General Motors related???
An Embroidered Hood Pad would make a VERY nice Christmas present or 2!!!! You knew I would need 2 for our 2 MMs :banana: !!!
Todd, you are the man!!! Go for it!
Let us know the details when you find out. Thank you.
GordonB

TheDealer

10-20-2004, 10:28 AM

I've seen them air brushed. They can paint anything you want on it.

BillyGman

10-20-2004, 11:02 AM

wouldn't an underhood liner that has any type of graphics on it be close to impossible to keep clean?

TheDealer

10-20-2004, 11:12 AM

You could always have a polished stainless steel panel made like this..