Thank you Donovan! That's what I needed to see. I can live with that. I knew I had seen it done, I just couldn't remember where to look. Now tell me more about making this spear "tip", please. OR can I read about it in your build thread? Link to the page(s).
No problem my friend, happy to suggest it.
Unfortunately I didn’t cover the modification in the build thread, but it was pretty simple. I had a spare hood laying around at the time, so I just removed the center spear from it.
I had originally planned on just cutting the back section off where it’s already tapered and finished, but the height of that section is considerably shorter than where it needs to match up to the hood piece.
So instead, I cut the section from the front of it, spun it around so that the factory “finished” end met up with the hood piece, then cut to length. The curvature will be slightly different, but if you’re careful, you can put a slight bend into it over your knee until it matches the header panel without breaking anything.
From there once it was the right length and curvature, I did some creative grinding of the front until it looked like something the factory would’ve done. Once the desired shape is achieved, you will have a hollow in the middle because the trim is hollow inside and not solid. This is actually a good thing, because it allows you to pinch the ends together to form the “point”. A tiny little bit of JB Weld to fill in the remaining gap, a bit of sanding and a touch of silver paint, and it was done. It sounds labor intensive, but it really only took me about an hour start to finish.
Here’s about the closest picture I have of it currently, I’m painting both my pieces for aesthetic reasons, but it’s not really necessary if you have decent pieces to start out with. I just have to add my brushed texture to it before installing, and that will be done with 3M double sided tape again like before.
At the bottom of the picture is the “point” I created, but you can really make it look however you want.
Hope this helps, and sorry for the long-winded thread jack.
