The appearance of domestic cars, and some foreign cars is not attractive and stylish, so many motorists seek to give a spectacular appearance with their own hands. There are many ways to distinguish a car from millions. External changes are best started with tuning the hood. This is the first thing that catches your eye. In addition, the hood is the largest flat body part in a car.
Tuned Gills
These elements can give the car a more sporty and aggressive appearance.
This upgrade is very popular among all those who want to be different. For the independent manufacture of these accessories you need to have a set of tools, as well as a room. It could be a garage.
Necessary tools
For manufacturing, you will need a welding inverter or any other device, an emery of different grit for a grinding machine, a screwdriver, and also a grinder. As for materials, you should purchase paint, primer, putty, as well as body iron - for such a tuning of the hood, it is better to purchase the same hood. Car paints are quite toxic, so work best in a respirator.
Manufacturing process
The shape of the gills or air intakes can be any - everything here depends on the imagination, as well as on the project. In garage conditions, it is much easier to make gills in the shape of a trapezoid. They are easier to cut, but they look very impressive at the same time. Before cutting the hood, it is worth marking it first. Next, with the help of a grinder, the marked borders are carefully cut out. It is necessary to cut carefully so as not to touch the reinforcing elements of the hood.
Further, after the cut is made, the air intake is installed at an angle. This hood tuning works best if the gills are installed at an angle of no more than 45 degrees. Then, pieces are cut from a previously prepared hood from another car, which will complement the cut out holes. For fastening the elements using a welding semiautomatic device, while you need to be extremely careful. You need to cook with pauses - at this time, the seams should be wetted to cool with cold water.
Further, when the metal base is ready, you need to give it the final shape. To do this, all places and welds are carefully sanded with a grinder. Various irregularities and seams should be handled with particular care - even with very careful operation, these defects will occur.
As for puttying, professionals recommend purchasing a composition with an aluminum additive - this option is considered one of the mildest and most suitable for this task. When the entire part is covered with putty, after it has dried thoroughly, you can proceed to painting. After painting, you can glue the hood with vinyl film. We will talk about this below.
Vinyl Wrap
This is another one of the most popular do-it-yourself hood tuning. Vinyl film can look very impressive. The appearance is especially transformed, if you choose an option with a picture. There are many variations of these films. You can find a large selection of colors with a glossy or matte texture, carbon film. The latter is very popular among owners of domestic cars.
All of these options differ in cost and characteristics. Most car owners choose carbon fiber imitation film. The sticking process can be done independently. To do this, you need a special spatula. It is important that the spatula has a soft tip. You will also need a building hair dryer (a home one is not suitable for this tuning),
masking tape, a tube with superglue, soap solution, and white spirit.
Sticking process
Before you start tuning the hood, the film must lie down for some time - it is left in the room for several hours.
It is important that the room temperature is at the same time. But sitting idle for two or three hours will not work - while the film is lying, thoroughly wash the surface of the hood, and then degrease the surface. After that, cut a wide piece of the prepared film. In the middle it is fixed, and the gluing process will go from the middle to the edge. The work will be faster and more accurate if two people do it. One will heat the coating with a hairdryer, the other will smooth and remove bubbles.
Deflector
Tuning the deflector on the hood is not just an element to give a spectacular appearance. This part also has protective functions. Sometimes this element is simply indispensable for upgrades. The deflector, or "fly swatter", is made of special perforated plastic that perfectly withstands low temperatures, does not change geometry under the influence of direct sunlight.
Installing this element on the car is very simple - you just need to purchase your favorite option in the store. The deflector is mounted on standard bumper mounting points. There are models of deflectors, which are designed for mounting on the hood. These elements are made of softer plastic, and their plates are thinner. If you install a deflector and then cover the hood with vinyl film, the car will look very unusual. The hood will be reliably protected from corrosion and dirt.
Tuning VAZ classics
In classic AvtoVAZ models, most owners agree on one drawback of this model range - this is an inconvenience when operating the hood. The holder is made so that the opening and closing process is terribly inconvenient. First, remove the hood from the latch. As a result, you have to make many unnecessary movements, which is very frustrating for the owners of the classics. Many decide on tuning the VAZ hood - the convenience of using the hood can be solved by installing stops from the rear door of the VAZ 2111. This element has a sufficient length, and due to this, the hood will open very wide. But installation will have to make an effort - the installation process is inconvenient.
As an alternative solution, there is another option - emphasis from the back door of the "eight". It is shorter in length. So, you need a special adapter plate for mounting to the extreme point. This plate can be made from a steel sheet 2 mm thick. From below it is fixed with a nut. But then at closing the emphasis will break regular clamps. Therefore, the latch is first bent from the edges.
"Bad Boy" for the "nine"
This type of tuning the hood of the VAZ 2109 is very popular today. Such a hood will give an outwardly ordinary car an aggressive and serious appearance. For the process, you will need another hood - it can be easily found at a showdown.
So, first of all, two triangular pieces are cut out of a sheet of metal. They should be carefully processed - they must be strictly symmetrical. Then they are attached to the base with self-tapping screws. Using a welding machine, the pieces are welded, and the screws are removed. Welds must be carefully processed. Grinder carefully level the surface. Then puttying is carried out using carbon fiber. When the surface is dry, everything is ground, then primed and painted. After drying, the paint can be considered finished.
This is how you can transform the hood externally, tuning 2109 allows you to come up with other options. These are those cars that can be tuned and changed almost beyond recognition.