Vorsteiner V35 hood question..

King335i · 10-30-2009, 03:16 AM

I am interested in buying a Vorsteiner V35 hood for my coupe, but I live in a very rainy area. Will water entering the hood vents cause any kind of issues within the engine bay?

Also, several people noted that they could feel the heat coming out of the vents when they put their hands over them, which is, of course, a good thing. I'm curious if anyone's had issues with the heat messing with the paint, or causing any warping of any sort?

Craig@SupremePower · 10-30-2009, 09:18 AM

so far so good....

cuban335i · 10-30-2009, 11:07 AM

same.. but since my car is no where near a daily driver and it doesn't see rain (3.5k miles in 9 months) i can't help you too much with the rain part.. but you can always seal the vents (JleviSW sells them already sealed as an option)...

SV Concepts III · 10-30-2009, 12:37 PM

The vents are not placed anywhere near where there would be damage from water exposure so you will be fine. I drive my 135 with a vented hood daily and our 335 with the V-35 hood daily. We park them in down pours and never had an issue.

SES_D · 10-30-2009, 01:53 PM

Nope, don't worry about the rain. You'd be surprise how little gets in there despite driving in heavy rain for miles. Yeah, the heat escaping is def. a good thing and provides as a good hand warmer for cold days lol. No worries about it affecting the paint.

mirzan54 · 11-02-2017, 08:21 PM

guess i found my answer. No new reports

Ali-E90 · 11-08-2017, 08:10 AM

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Originally Posted by SES_D

Nope, don't worry about the rain. You'd be surprise how little gets in there despite driving in heavy rain for miles. Yeah, the heat escaping is def. a good thing and provides as a good hand warmer for cold days lol. No worries about it affecting the paint.

I could see being parked in the rain as being the much bigger issue than driving in the rain.

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cuban335i Brigadier General 230 Rep 3,550 Posts Drives: 535i xdrive Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: central NJ iTrader: (18)	same.. but since my car is no where near a daily driver and it doesn't see rain (3.5k miles in 9 months) i can't help you too much with the rain part.. but you can always seal the vents (JleviSW sells them already sealed as an option)... __________________ Current: '13 F10 535i xDrive - lightly modded for now Previous: '12 e92 M3 Melbourne Red/Bamboo - ADV.1 ADV10, Volk TE37SL, OSS, Innotech F1, Arkym, iND '09 e92 335i Alpine White/Saddle Brown - fully modded
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SV Concepts III Lieutenant General 375 Rep 17,017 Posts Drives: BMW Duh Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Santa Clara iTrader: (13)	The vents are not placed anywhere near where there would be damage from water exposure so you will be fine. I drive my 135 with a vented hood daily and our 335 with the V-35 hood daily. We park them in down pours and never had an issue.
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SES_D pewpew 479 Rep 21,165 Posts Drives: F10 535i Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: San Francisco iTrader: (26)	Nope, don't worry about the rain. You'd be surprise how little gets in there despite driving in heavy rain for miles. Yeah, the heat escaping is def. a good thing and provides as a good hand warmer for cold days lol. No worries about it affecting the paint. __________________ LTMW
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mirzan54 Troublemaker 23 Rep 61 Posts Drives: e92 e61 n54 Join Date: Aug 2017 Location: Chicago iTrader: (0)	guess i found my answer. No new reports __________________ searching for another car
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