everyone says that you don't need to worry about the vents on the seibon ts hood, but I've found a couple of people that have had their air filters absolutely soaked in a good drive in the rain.

I have a pop charger and there is one vent that is right above it. I was considering sealing it off as a precautionary measure, but figure water will just collect there and probably be a problem of it's own. has anyone blocked off one of the vents or rerouted where the water would run under the hood? is the rerouting option too much of a pain in the ***, should I just seal it off?

or should I add on to the heat shield of the pop charger and make it more like an oem style air box? I considered just throwing the oem airbox back on but I don't really want to do that.

 

My friend keeps a roll of blue painters tape in his trunk and just tapes up the vents when it rains.

 

haha man I live in the Seattle area, I would be doing that every other day and you better believe I would forget to do it : )

 

cover the filter not the vent. 8)

 

I also notice that in the rain the belt gets wet causing the alternator to slip for about 15 seconds until it kicks all the water off the belt. Sounds odd but thts what I've come to notice. I have an injen intake routed to the front bumper so I don't have the same problem as u do.

 

Just get some plexiglass cut to the opening of the holes
in the hood, and then silicone them to the back of the hood.

 

moral of the story... dont get a vented hood for a daily driver. vents are suppose to be functional not dress up.

 

Agree to a point, my VIS fusion hood is wide open on all 7 vents and is not a daily driver in any format but my 02 civic Si has a turbo CF hood with a front end vent. Water gets in but only hits the engine cover.

Daily drivers can not have many vents and if there open vents they must be in the right place.

 

nexx, covering one of the six vents is hardly destroying the functionality, though I do agree it wasn't the best choice for a DD.

 

just make a cover for your filter, like the stillen/arc/k&n ones have