Oh man mystery continues but I’ll tell this before I installed it. I was closely looking at the hood since there’s talk that the hood shakes and I saw the video on YouTube. Maybe is the truck color A51 mystery continues lol.
I have a 2.5 Lt fx4 with 4k towing package with approx 1000 miles so far, and yes my hood flutters (no deflector installed) but does not make any noise. It is strange that the flutter happens to the entire hood but especially at the back of the hood. Having owned jeeps for the past 22 years im no stranger to hood flutter but it was always at the front of the hood. I personally would not remove the hood deflector its not the cause. Does the deflector make it worse? That I cant answer as I dont have another truck to compare.
Most of the sound dampener manufacturers I've looked into, say to cover between 40%-50% of the area that can be covered by their product. It makes sense to cover the most you can but it also makes sense for the manufacturer to sell more material.
I don't think the truck needs it but I have all options . My reasons were different for doing it . Although I may do the front doors for the audio just because I have left over material.
Just wait a while and see what happens its obviously happenning to most if not all of them, and its a bit strange to look at but mine makes no noise at all, and i hardly ever use the radio so? Im sure Ford is aware of this and its just the design and thats it? My truck came with a note that said my truck was chosen at random for testing off the assembly line and that explained why it was delivered with 42Km on the odometer, so presumably it was driven at speed at some point by a tech and a pro would have seen the hood flutter?
Mine was also test-driven and I have the same flutter, but usually happens with very high winds and especially if a semi flies past me from the opposite direction. Where the truck was tested and what the weather was like may have shown no hood flutter unless you are experiencing hood flutter even in the calmest of weather. Ohio has had some very high winds since I bought the truck and from my experience, the wind seems higher than usual and I have been driving a Fiat Spider 124 as a daily driver for nearly two years.
Sorry no 2.0Lt ecoboost.
If anyone says that by you putting this on the hood will effect the engine cause too much heat etc. don’t listen to them cause they have no idea what they’re talking about.UPDATE:
Well I am please to say this worked for what I was trying to do . Going into this there was no guarantee this was going to work. 1st I am no engineer I'm a communications tech. By trade. But that always leaves me with curiosity of fixing things and learning.
So the main reason I did this was for the hood shake , I have the aero skin textured model. With that said I experienced shake in a test drive on a different maverick . So I have no clue if this is isolated to this hood deflector.
Upon doing this I have a friend whom is a engineer on the Toyota tundra for 20 plus years now. He pointed out alot of engineer type things to me....blah blah lol.
So I decide to go ahead with this project cost was 50 bucks only used 10 sheets or so. I could have done cheaper but bought a big box with plans to do doors for speakers etc. later.
So after couple drives yesterday and today at my work route tested at speeds above 75 to 85 mph. The flutter / shake is gone with very very minimal now there if at all. So this worked for me . I had already reported to ford on this and they have called me back and forth to look at and check the issue ( this was not me pushing this with the dealer they called me after I reported to investigate). This may work for others it may not .
I have gotten lots of slack from people in this and other forums I have posted on about heat issues how I'm messing with engineering etc. If you have to be negative just don't post . Go attack some one for a lift etc they are doing to their truck or any other mod. This is my truck I pay the payment and realize what I was doing . Thanks and hope the info helps. I also seen some noises are not apparent any more but I had no issues with that prior to this.
Well bought some 100 mil Kilmat sound insulation for under the hood. Also bought a roller and also used a vinyl wrap tool to help smooth out. Definitely added some weight to the hood maybe that will stop some of the hood flutter , who knows . It seemed a little quieter not sure snowing so didn't go on a test run. But I really did it to see if it helps with some of the hood flutter. Took 10 sheets and about a hour to do.
Do you have the hood deflector? Mine started shaking at the rear when I installed the hood deflector
BTW In Minnesota hood & roof are supposed to be cleared before driving. Hood for you, roof for everyone behind you.
And that (Not to mention the income tax) is why I no longer live in the Land of 10,000 Lakes!
