I use an equal amount of a plastic pry tool and "colorful" language. It usually responds by either shooting across the garage or breaking. LOL. They are a PITA to remove.

 

Breakem and get new ones. The heat cycle under the hood makes them brittle.

 

Yup... "removed", meaning broke, mine... every last one of them. If and/or when you replace the insulation, go to NAPA for replacement clips... the dealer prices are obscene for such a little piece of plastic.

 

I had reasonably decent success using a door panel tool, which has tons of other uses as well. About $10 most auto parts stores.

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But as also mentioned, they may just break anyway due to being brittle...get new ones.

Richard

 

anyone just leaving it off?

 

I've had my hood insulation panel off for a while now without any issues

 

I removed mine using a door panel tool.
They all broke.
Sadly the hood under cover was not painted.
I have mine removed.
More intake noise at wot

 

Yep.

 

Alright thanks folks! Gonna hit NAPA up before I take/break the rest off.

 

If your coming tonight ive got the tool

 

Ok now I'm scared...LoL....I'm gonna try and make it Bob. I have the panel puller but they're still breaking. Appreciate the offer though

 

Rip them out and replace them. Never managed to pull them out in one piece

 

same as everyone else said...make a trip to partsource or napa

 

I think they break

 

I got all mine off without breaking any and then reused them.
I used two flathead screwdrivers, a smaller one to push firmly in the center of the clip and the other to pry up gently to pop them out.
Worked great for me back in the summer, but they might be a little brittle in this cold weather.

 

Replace with plastic push-pins from Lowes. Cheap.

And yeah, none of the hoods on our cars are painted to a No.1 finish on the underside. I had mine painted.

 

I had to pull mine to repair the washer hose. I had about a 50% success rate on removing the clips. I replaced mine with the multi-use plastic rivets you can get at the auto parts store. I was a little concerned since they had a much smaller head diameter than the original ones. That has not been an issue though for over a year. I can now easily remove and install my hood pad. I can actually pull it now to clean it...LOL

 

This is the tool I have and it works great! Haven't broke one yet.

 

you gotta like pinch it with needle nose pliers to press in the "hooks" it does suck tho i need to take mine down and clean it

 

Good news - Partsource has the clips and they're reasonably priced.

Bad news - broke every one of the fokkers and the cost to replace a washer nozzle (which is what started this whole project) is +/- $30.
$30 for that little piece - what a load of ****!

 

Was this just to replace the washer nozzles? I managed to do both on the Magnum by just removing like 2 of the clips and getting a little dirty reaching underneath the insulator pad.

Oh well, at least you sourced the new clips cheap.

Richard

 

Yup, and I wanted to see what else was under there as I need to hide some wiring for a small LED worklight that I have mounted in the hood and possibly clean the material. Next time, I will just remove the few clips required.

So...how does one normally clean the underhood fabric?

 

Simple Green-gentle rinse - repeat - repeat - repeat.
Air dry
Reinstall - and never do it again.

Anyone know of a different type of material could be used, that would still provide some sound insulation, and be wipe cleanable?

I've seen it on older customized vehicles, but haven't sourced it.

 

Thanks. Actually, if you could get some thin vinyl and sprayable contact cement, you could just wrap the original material with the vinyl. If it was thin enough, it would assume all the contours of the original piece and would be easy to wipe clean.

 

I did this with some black vinyl I got from a fabric store. The damn thing stays clean and if it does get a few spots on it ,simply wipe off. Makes the under hood look soooo much better.

 

Sweet! Now I have to add that to the project list and it would probably be a relatively inexpensive mod!

 

So good end to the story. The washer nozzle was only $20 (Thanks AdamC!) and I found push pin type fasteners for $0.78 each at Partsource - I think Advanced Auto Parts for you're guyz in the US.

 

Howd you break the washer nozzle? I was power washing and I think I may have broken it as the driver side doesnt spray and the passenger side just trickles....

 

The nozzle cracked so it was leaking fluid onto the insulation mat each time it was used. Not sure what caused the crack but if I had to guess, I would say a snow brush.

 

Hmm... the nozzles seem fine, maybe I blew a connector off? getting under the insulation is a PITA x.x...