Hood Flutter...

[TroyK]

I often go through the spray car wash at gas stations (not the roller type). When leaving the powerful fans that blow the excess water off the car will make the hood flutter. It is pretty noticeable but I haven't really noticed this when driving.

funny you should mention the car wash. i just went through one earlier this afternoon and definitely noticed a lot of hood flutter when driving through the dryer. way more than when i'm driving down the highway.

 

[TroyK]

Try this- take some painter's tape and tape over the front of the hood where the gap is. The painter's tape won't leave behind any residue. Get the car up to flutter speed and try to make it flutter. If it does not, then remove the tape and put some weather srtipping or a rubber seal in that gap to prevent air from getting under the hood. If the flutter comes back after taping, it could be the seal on the back side of the hood up by the cowl or it could be aero force pushing down on the hood, in which case I can only think of hood deflector or bra, but I don't know if a bug deflector is even made for the Gen

thanks for the tip...but am really NOT that worried about it!

 

[Nikgen]

I looked for this today on a highway trip. I do see the back edge of the hood "flutter" at higher speeds and going over bumps. It's subtle and if you didn't stare at the edge of the hood while driving (a dangerous thing to do), you'd never notice it - so, to me, it's a non-issue.

 

[TroyK]

I looked for this today on a highway trip. I do see the back edge of the hood "flutter" at higher speeds and going over bumps. It's subtle and if you didn't stare at the edge of the hood while driving (a dangerous thing to do), you'd never notice it - so, to me, it's a non-issue.

i'm not too worried about it either, basically just wanted to see whether others had noticed it or not.