Someone should make an underhood design with a Turbo Grand Prix emblem.  To show you what I'm talking about, I attached a pic of what one looks like on a Bonneville.

Nick, I can whip up a few different designs no problem....but can anyone tell me how to transfer it to the insulator?

You would have to start with a clean, probly new, insulator. Then there would be 2 ways to put it on. My favorite is to use a peice of cardboard as a stencil, they spray paint it on. The other way is to have a Vinyl guy wip the stencil up, and attach it to the insulator. The Paint one is probly the cheapest. It could be done with spray paint, and still look good.

I would think that vinyl would melt. A stencil that could be painted would work out OK.

That's what I thought too...that a decal would melt or warp with the heat. Painting it on is fine, but making the stencil is gonna be nuts. What material should I use? Just standard cardboard?

Constuction paper from your local wal-mart school supply section would be my guess..

And you could always get Hi-Temp Vinyl. But I think you would probly still run into a warping issue.

Speaking of, I need a new hood insulator..

Speaking of underhood insulators, I called my GM dealership and they told me they checked for one, but they insulators for our hoods with the louvers and all gone...they suggested buying a regular non-louvered hood piece and trimming the holes out.

Did they say how much the insulators were?

There is like a paper thin plastic or thin cardboard that could be cut out, probably get it in the stationary at Staples.

After looking at that Bonneville, I need a new insulator and some paint underside of my hood, thats a nice job.

Why not remove the insulator all together and potentially paint the bottom of the hood????

Yeah, actually I was thinking of removing it all together and painting it, is the insulator just for sound or is it for heat also?

I already am running insulator-less...painting it would kinda look hacknied...since there are bends and creases on the underside, it'd look a bit off.

Quote from: grinders_18 on November 29, 2007, 01:14:11 PM
I already am running insulator-less...

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Quote from: grinders_18 on November 29, 2007, 03:54:18 AM
Speaking of underhood insulators, I called my GM dealership and they told me they checked for one, but they insulators for our hoods with the louvers and all gone...they suggested buying a regular non-louvered hood piece and trimming the holes out.

Thats what I did.

I like the insulators. I think it gives the underhood area a cleaner look.

The ones from Luminas z34 should work no?