Just sort of "out of place." But whatever works for you! I hope you have a second "stock" hood and maybe use this one strictly for track.
Vented Hood pic finally
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Vented Hood pic finally
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Well i pick car up tomorrow just in time for track day on Wednesday. Here is a pic the guys at Ramspeed sent me of the hood they fabricated. The design is mine - or should i say Brabus' as its direct rip off of the Brabus Bullit hood - and probably not to everyone's taste. It was fabricated from a stock CLK hood. The vents were cut by hand and the black mesh used matches as close as possible the mesh from the vents behind the front wheels. I have not seen the car in person myself yet.
When i first saw this picture i kind of thought uh oh, i dont know if i made the right design choices but after staring at it for a few hours the more i look at it the more i like it. the angle of the picture makes the front row of vents seems skinnier than what i designed. I want to thank Andrew from Ramspeed for all his help. If anyone in Sydney has a custom design project like this in mind, Andrew and Ramspeed are your guys! I also just had the Vorsteiner front lip installed which you can also just see in the picture.
I hope to have some better shots to post in the near future
Well i pick car up tomorrow just in time for track day on Wednesday. Here is a pic the guys at Ramspeed sent me of the hood they fabricated. The design is mine - or should i say Brabus' as its direct rip off of the Brabus Bullit hood - and probably not to everyone's taste. It was fabricated from a stock CLK hood. The vents were cut by hand and the black mesh used matches as close as possible the mesh from the vents behind the front wheels. I have not seen the car in person myself yet.
When i first saw this picture i kind of thought uh oh, i dont know if i made the right design choices but after staring at it for a few hours the more i look at it the more i like it. the angle of the picture makes the front row of vents seems skinnier than what i designed. I want to thank Andrew from Ramspeed for all his help. If anyone in Sydney has a custom design project like this in mind, Andrew and Ramspeed are your guys! I also just had the Vorsteiner front lip installed which you can also just see in the picture.
I hope to have some better shots to post in the near future
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Not sure of the purpose of the front set of slots...
The louvers in a low pressure area alone are enough to extract heat from the engine bay.
The louvers in a low pressure area alone are enough to extract heat from the engine bay.
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Hi guys
Well i pick car up tomorrow just in time for track day on Wednesday. Here is a pic the guys at Ramspeed sent me of the hood they fabricated. The design is mine - or should i say Brabus' as its direct rip off of the Brabus Bullit hood - and probably not to everyone's taste. It was fabricated from a stock CLK hood. The vents were cut by hand and the black mesh used matches as close as possible the mesh from the vents behind the front wheels. I have not seen the car in person myself yet.
When i first saw this picture i kind of thought uh oh, i dont know if i made the right design choices but after staring at it for a few hours the more i look at it the more i like it. the angle of the picture makes the front row of vents seems skinnier than what i designed. I want to thank Andrew from Ramspeed for all his help. If anyone in Sydney has a custom design project like this in mind, Andrew and Ramspeed are your guys! I also just had the Vorsteiner front lip installed which you can also just see in the picture.
I hope to have some better shots to post in the near future
Well i pick car up tomorrow just in time for track day on Wednesday. Here is a pic the guys at Ramspeed sent me of the hood they fabricated. The design is mine - or should i say Brabus' as its direct rip off of the Brabus Bullit hood - and probably not to everyone's taste. It was fabricated from a stock CLK hood. The vents were cut by hand and the black mesh used matches as close as possible the mesh from the vents behind the front wheels. I have not seen the car in person myself yet.
When i first saw this picture i kind of thought uh oh, i dont know if i made the right design choices but after staring at it for a few hours the more i look at it the more i like it. the angle of the picture makes the front row of vents seems skinnier than what i designed. I want to thank Andrew from Ramspeed for all his help. If anyone in Sydney has a custom design project like this in mind, Andrew and Ramspeed are your guys! I also just had the Vorsteiner front lip installed which you can also just see in the picture.
I hope to have some better shots to post in the near future
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Thanks guys, like i said its a bit polarising! At this stage i like it but will reserve my final judgement for when i see it in person. I still have the stock hood so if i change my mind i can revert back to the original.
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I think what some of these guys are forgetting is that your BS is now FI and it generates more heat than a standard BS and is now more adversely affected by heat. This will definately help evacuate some more of that heat and more than the factory vents.
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How was it done? Was a template used and how did you decided on where you wanted the vents. I've been looking at doing brabus vents for the longest time, but I couldn't figure out how to do it.
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All I did was get a picture of Brabus Bullit hood, mark out the vents and gave it to a professional to cut out. Then bought black mesh a used urethane glue to fix it in place.
Then sprayed bonnet matching silver
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i think it looks good and very functional for releasing heat from the engine bay . 
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