I found the hood mat on Amazon for 75 bucks and I watched the video. Does the front of the hood mat sag in the front? Also, you stuck on HDPE foam on the hood and then installed the hood mat? If this makes a noticeable difference then I just may do this in the spring.
I added the self adhesive foam to the back of the mat. The mat was fairly stiff but it did sag at certain points. I used a hole punch to add additional fastening points. Maxzina will probably provide you with additional hardware if you message them. Even with the added fastners it still wasn't 100% flush so I used adhesive clips in the problem areas. One big warning I have is DO NOT use the supplied fastners in the bottom far left and right corners. They are too long and will put divets in the top of the hood when tightened. Use plastic rivets or shorter screws. I will take pictures tomorrow of what I am talking about.
Here are the pictures of my hood mat. I could have done a better job with the clips and extra fasteners. Some are not quite symmetrical. Also the cowl insulation and intake wrap. The intake wrap is doing double duty as sound deadening and IAT insulation. The factory intake has heat shielding on the bottom, so in my reasoning a little more won’t hurt. The foam I cut to back the cowl insulator unfortunately shrunk after I pulled the paper off the adhesive backing so the cut is not perfect. To be honest I wasn’t sure I could live with the direct injection noise, I thought I made a mistake buying the ecoboost. I had that awful sinking feeling of regret. Now I am okay with it.
Thanks for the pics!! I'll give this a try when the weather warms up here in MIHere are the pictures of my hood mat. I could have done a better job with the clips and extra fasteners. Some are not quite symmetrical. Also the cowl insulation and intake wrap. The intake wrap is doing double duty as sound deadening and IAT insulation. The factory intake has heat shielding on the bottom, so in my reasoning a little more won’t hurt. The foam I cut to back the cowl insulator unfortunately shrunk after I pulled the paper off the adhesive backing so the cut is not perfect. To be honest I wasn’t sure I could live with the direct injection noise, I thought I made a mistake buying the ecoboost. I had that awful sinking feeling of regret. Now I am okay with it.
A little update: after posting pictures, my hood mat started to look a little too DIY and wonky to me. I decided to pull it back down and redo the mounting points. I really didn’t like the supplied screw and clasp hardware. After a lot of searching I found some Honda plastic rivets that worked in the square channels. Using a combination of these and off the shelf plastic pins I was able to convert all the mounting points to push type fasteners. While it was off I replaced the Amazon foam with Dynaliner.
