carbon fiber hood drilling

[menallychllngd]

i must drill my new c/f hood to put my windshield washer nozzles in. does anyone have any tips of suggestions on the best and propper way to do this. has anyone else had to do this? are there any other alternatives?

[CTele02]

An Alternative I've read someone do in a previous thread was custom attach the nozzles to the wipers.

[menallychllngd]

thats sounds good providing i can find the right parts. i did not find a thread on this can you point me in the right direction?

[robs02elantra]

I don't know where to look first, maybe even to a junkyard, but I would suggest that if you are considering putting them onto the wiper blades, you should look at Pontiac Montana or similar systems. The nozzles clip right onto the wiper blades and put a nice even spray across the whole windshield.

[CTele02]

Yes at the moment I'm trying to find that thread as well.... with no luck, but its somewhere. Sorry I searched but nothing turned up yet. I'm sure someone else recalls this. I forgot who did it but its totally possible and its a feature that comes factory on some cars (i forget those aswell lol)

[menallychllngd]

yeah with newbie's starting stupid threads every other day it is tought to weave through the crap to find the real information. lol

[CTele02]

Yes, you see what I've been preaching this whole time.... thanks for understanding but I hope someone chimes in to give you a better opinion on those nozzles/wipers.

[droppedlikewhoa]

how about going to a junk yard and finding a car with them on the wipers and just ask if you can buy whatever you need off the car you find with them to do this project. I dunno if this will help but i tried.

[yevRPS]

http://www.elantraxd.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4749&highlight=nozzle+pontiac

can't find another one. i think XTRAWLD was talking about trying to find something that fits

[hyunelan2]

FYI: A pletiful junkyard car that can help you here is the Pontiac Sunfire. It has little nozzles that simply clip onto the wiper arm. Unplug the fluid line and take those off. On your car, simply clip them onto the wiper arm - then all you need to do is attach the fluid line and you're ready to go. Depending on the length of the tubing in your car, you might need to extend them by a little bit. In all this should be a less-than $10 project, which is much better than possibly messing up a $600 hood with a drilling accident.

[Tricked]

I have a couple of those that clip on the wiper arms and some tubing to connect them. ;) I gotta search for them through all the car parts boxes I have stashed in the garage.

[oiboy989]

i would mask and drill just like with fiber glass just use a better quality bit

[Vampyrate]

interesting... i think i get what oiboy is getting at... like make a housing for them and just cut into the hood and install the nozzles and put the housing over and paint to match the hood or car, or whatever
am i close to what you're saying oiboy989?

[menallychllngd]

tricked if you find those you let me know id be mighty interested. also if anyone can find those pajama's with the feat on them id be might interested in those too.

if they will fit my car and if you can part with them please pm me tricked.

[carbonman]

drilling CF is very easy, you won't F*** anything up.
Pilot hole / Predrill with a smaller bit, then use the proper size bit to finish it off.

There are universal kits out there for wiper attachment though. I got mine from Canadian Tire. I'm sure an Autozone or similar will have them though.

[BlackElantraGT]

Like carbonman said, drilling CF isn't too hard. My cousin had to drill his CF hood to install hood pins, which in my opinion is much harder to do because your hole has to line up with your pin, whereas the windshield washer nozzle only requires a small hole in order for you to "clip" it into the hood.

I'm sure most people have the capability to drill a simple hole in their CF hood, but the thought of ruining a brand new hood you just spent hundreds on is intimidating.

[CTele02]

Also I forgot to mention:


Drilling holes in a C/F hood = More Weight Reduction!!!!

[Doohickie]

Yeah, micro ounces.



Tape the area to prevent fraying and delamination, and if it is flat enough, clamp wood on each side of it to prevent fraying. Drill right through the wood with the CF in between. Once you're done, use some two-part epoxy to seal the inside of the hole, again to prevent delamination.

[menallychllngd]

yeah that's exactly what i am looking to do. you know i was looking to drop 1/1000's of an ouce from the hood area. ctele your a genius. i think i will do what you all said and hunt down a pontiac sunfire for its wiper mounted sprayers. i know its not hard to drill but i really don't wanna f-up the clear coat, or end up with a bad chip on a brand new hood. plus i like the sleekness.

[menallychllngd]

finally did it. wasn't sure if i had the balls to do it. turned out perfect.

http://i.onlineshowoff.com/media/photos/cars/7704/o_51104.jpg

tough to see in this pic but there!

[SuperGLS]

Good stuff. Always good to hear when others have success at stuff like this.

Plus, you're car looks great!

[menallychllngd]

thank you super!

[03SilverBullet]

When ya puttin sideskirts on?

[menallychllngd]

soon or maybe after winter. of course they don't fit right and the shop that put the kit on didn't prefit them before painting them. i am deciding on whether or not to do it myself. which leads into my next thread "is there a better way to trim a finished bodykit than with a razor knife?"

[KeWLKaT]

hmm you need rims

im sure you hear that every day

[menallychllngd]

actually no not really....but if all goes well i will have them this summer. its perfect because i wouldn't wanna ruin them in the winter anyway.

[KeWLKaT]

sounds good enough :)