Do you have a hood insulation liner on your vehicle?

[dspaulding70]

I have seen so many without them that I am not sure if I should put a new one on my restored vehicle.  Any comments?

Thanks,

Darrell

[Nacho-RT74]

IMHO is a dust and grease trap, at least for a driver, even restored.

I think also harder to keep in place for a bulged hood to 3rd gens ( that's a personal thought ).

I don't like and I don't think looks good.

Usefull ? maybe, if you are worried about sit comfortably on your hood being colder

Insulation because sound ? mmm, naaaah

[histoy]

We had one of the molded style insulating pads on the '68 and I thought it looked OK, however the top of AC conditioner wore a small hole into the pad.

[Just 6T9 CHGR]

I have the molded one on my car as well...used a drop base aircleaner bottom so my pie tin doesn't hit it anymore...

[terrible one]

A long time ago someone told me that it's better to have one because they keep the engine heat from baking the paint on the hood. . .

[GreenMachine]

A long time ago someone told me that it's better to have one because they keep the engine heat from baking the paint on the hood. . .

  I would think that just sitting in direct sunlight on a summer day, it would get hotter than heat from the engine. But then again, maybe after shutdown and the combination of the two.  Hmmm.

[Ghoste]

Then again, how many cars without a pad have you seen with blistered paint on the hood?

[1972Rallye]

I have seen so many without them that I am not sure if I should put a new one on my restored vehicle.  Any comments?

Thanks,

Darrell

Since you mention the car is restored... was your car originally ordered with factory undercoating (J55)? The pad was only added to undercoated cars IIRC.

[Charger-Bodie]

I personally like it better without the hood pad IF the underside of the hood is done nice!

[41husk]

i don't have a pad on either Charger but I will put one on the Challenger