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      09-18-2012, 12:11 PM   #44
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Originally Posted by flzrider View Post
Dackel, thanks for the pictures.

Any one else notice that the cowl (black plastic piece just forward of the wipers with rubber weatherstripping running along its top edge) is different on the ActiveE vs the 1M? It looks like it is contoured to match the shape of the curved hood. Is this an issue?

Metak or Stratus, can you check to see if you have a gap in that area when the hood is closed?
That's a good observation. There is a gap where the hood bulges, but I don't see any issues with that. If anything, it would give the heat from the engine bay a place to escape out and over the windshield. The hood in either situation is not 'airtight' anyways. The only 'issue', if you even want to call it that, is the sprayers/tubing don't line up perfectly to the hood. The mounting points are slightly different. So I just used some small black zip ties and secured the tubing to the AE hood and just popped the sprayers.


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