Hood fluter

I'm just waiting for mine to break every time I drive by a tractor trailer. I've been thinking about some aftermarkets. Can you guys show pics of yours?
 
I went with the Rugged Ridge, they are very well built and took all the flutter away

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Drakes, expensive but nice
 

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Salty1 said:
I went with the Rugged Ridge, they are very well built and took all the flutter away

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I gotta say that although the Drake's are cool, these Rugged Ridge look much better and seem to be what the factory should have done all along.
 
10frank9 said:
Cheap and easy way to get rid of good flutter is to remove the good spring. A few if my fellow mischievous Wayalife buddies removed mine for me (unbeknownst to me at the time) and I have zero flutter.......
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HAHA I know who did it! But I was actually wondering if this would solve the problem, now I know.
 
I'm running a set of Rampage hood locks and they work pretty good. Most of my hood flutter went away after I added a light bar/grill guard to my bumper though. Now the whole Jeep flutters when I'm behind a truck,lol.

We are Jeep..Resistance is futile..
 
another totally satisfied proponent of removing the hood spring. Jeep does 90 easy with no flutter.
 
10frank9 said:
Cheap and easy way to get rid of good flutter is to remove the good spring. A few if my fellow mischievous Wayalife buddies removed mine for me (unbeknownst to me at the time) and I have zero flutter.......
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Elusive said:
another totally satisfied proponent of removing the hood spring. Jeep does 90 easy with no flutter.
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I have learned something new today, thank you my friends :thumb: This has never even occurred to me to do this modification.....but how will I know when I'm going to break through the sound barrier?
 
95mph? Psh .... I would not go that fast in my jeep only because not enough straight away in colorado. I'm to heavy to out run a cop and to heavy to slow down in time. Time to buy a rocket engine with reverse thrusters I guess;)
 
I went with the Drakes. I like their pseudo-racing look and there is no flutter on the freeway. I'd install any of the aftermarket latches over the stockers. I don't know why Jeep puts rubber bands on in the first place. A locking gas cap would be nice to.
 
GLRWrangler said:
Excuse my ignorance but, can someone explain what "hood fluter" is? :thinking::idontknow:
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Its when your driving along and at certain speeds or head wind you see your hood bouncing (fluttering) up and down. A bit off putting when you first experience it but plenty of easy work arounds.
 
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