vettemann62

Is it safe to remove the hood liner for good? I mean will the heat cause any damage to the paint on the hood?

Kent1999

Perfectly safe. The liner is more for sound insulation than heat. I've had my liner removed for over 50,000 miles here in the Las Vegas heat... no issues.

Cheers,
Kent

Wayne O

I don't know if its true but besides sound insulation, I've heard the hood-liner acts as a fire blanket should your engine catch fire. The plastic retaining pins melt and the hood-liner drops onto the engine helping to suppress the fire.

rustyguns

WOW!

EDinPA

If you have ever watched a car catch fire you would know not to wait to see if you hood liner puts it out. Get out fast and get away, there is very little that you could do to put it out. I would strongly doubt that the liner will do anything to slow the fire.

ghostrunner

yes none of the after market hoods have liners.

robertaj

correct it is supposed to delay an engine fire to smother it for the occupants to safely get out (and maybe grab some of your belongings)

pewter99

Aftermarket hoods = no liner

had the one taken out of GF's 02 and had it filled, painted and clearcoated...looks great

wolfdogs

I keep mine in case i break down in the middle of nowhere in the cold of winter... i will use it to wrap around my body while i walk down that long and cold lonely road to safety.......





hee hee

Dans C6

vettedoogie

So why did you remove it?

0SicMSP - Daniel

And here I thought you'd just cover yourself in Zaino to protect yourself

-Daniel

CH-Z51

That may well be the case but having witnessed several Corvette (composite fiberglass) fires as well as numerous other car fires I will say that fires in Corvettes become uncontrollable much faster than non composite cars. I have a hard time Imaging the hood pad having much of a fire suppressive effect. Thats not to say that it couldn't.

Drewstein

I've had to put out my car with a fire extinguisher not too long ago. Much faster than waiting on a hood liner.

Raazor

i like pie

LJD51

I don't care who you are, that's funny...

OregonC6

What you call "liner" used to be called "underhood insulation". It's purpose is to muffle engine sounds. I understand this in the case of a grocery getter or lux car. I don't understand it in a vette.

Call it a tradition.

Lately the underhood insulation, aka liner, aka mat, has become an artist's canvas on which to emblazon dragons, flags, birds of prey, and naked women. Wonderful.

The mat also traps engine heat. Is this good for engine performance? I guess so...otherwise more people would remove them.

Of course, heat is the enemy of engine performance.

The mat is useless junk. It traps heat and adds weight. If you like those ideas then reinstall yours pronto. If not take it out and never look back. If you have to have an eagle under the hood have it painted on the underside of the hood.

VET4LES

This has been discussed many times on the forum and there is no truth to this. It's there for sound deadening only.

Gearhead Jim

I don't know if the hood liner is supposed to have any fire retardant property, but how can we know unless the GM Hoodliner Engineer tells us what his intentions were when he designed it?

keyplyr

One of the first things I did after buying my beautiful vette was to rip that ugly thing off and throw it into the dumpster. The second thing was to likewise do the same to that plastic fuel rail cover. Let your engine breath!