Hood bouncing at high speeds

Having Problems with the hood lifting while driving down the highway?

Mine and rednecks bounce up and down on windy days while driving at highway speeds!

Here is a way to reduce some of the bounce!

Remove the under hood spring! This makes that 3 in bounce more like a 1/2 ince bounce.

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I read on another forum that zip ties work good

I bought some heavy duty zip tires yesterday at Lowes, and will try that first.
I know Daystar sells some hood latches that is supposed to fix this problem.

Daystar Hood Wranglers for 07-08 Jeep® Wrangler & Wrangler Unlimited JK
Stop the Flutter!

The factory hood latches on the Jeep Wrangler JK allow an alarming amount of hood movement even at moderate speeds. Daystar Hood Wranglers upgrade the soft rubber on the factory latches with a heavy-duty polyurethane material that holds the hood securely in place.

Installation is simple and maintains the factory look. No more shakes, no more flutter, and better peace of mind!
» Click here for details $24.99 #16053.510 » Add to cart

thanks for the link jfly!!

no prob man

I just did the zip tie latch thingamyjig and it works well.
No more hood bounce!!! :babymonkey2:

2009 latches work great too...around $8 and bolt in. Made of a tougher material.

rcwade wrote:

2009 latches work great too...around $8 and bolt in. Made of a tougher material.

intereting..so Jeep has acknowledge the prob and attempting a fix...so then maybe it should be a recall for us older JK's

rcwade wrote:

2009 latches work great too...around $8 and bolt in. Made of a tougher material.

I installed the new 2009 latches and had very little if any change in hood flutter.

hmm that's odd maybe there is another contributing factor. From all I've heard the new latches seem to work well? I started with zip ties and now the 09's haven't had many problems here in windy Corpus

the Daystar Hood Wranglers Work great!

Yep...I too installed the new '09 latches from the dealer and still get hood hop on the hwy - will admit it is much less than it was but it still happens. It's nothing to be concerned with though at this level, it doesn't raise as much as it did before so for $9...I consider it a done deal and I'm satisfied with it.

If it's get's worse...the next step is just to remove the spring as Jennie noted above.

I heard hood locks work good

07_Rubi wrote:

the Daystar Hood Wranglers Work great!

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A buddy gave me a set. They work perferctly.

i have these in chrome, hood is solid as a rock, but i would trade the chrome any day for black...

here is black

http://www.quadratec.com/products/13104_02.htm

sounds like there are some good fixes for this problem, I took my spring out 2 years ago and still have not had anymore problems with hood bounce...and hey I didn't even have to spend a dime

I don't have any hood bounce ever unless a bigrig passes me going the other way on a 2 lane. Not sure if you guys have the under hood insulation, but I do, and that may cut down on the bounce considerable. I drive pretty fast too.

CRUX wrote:

I don't have any hood bounce ever unless a bigrig passes me going the other way on a 2 lane. Not sure if you guys have the under hood insulation, but I do, and that may cut down on the bounce considerable. I drive pretty fast too.

I've got the insulation too. never had any hood bounce.