View Poll Results: do you drop or push your hood closed?
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how do you close your hood?
03-25-2010, 07:45 AM
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03-25-2010, 07:27 PM
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03-26-2010, 05:38 AM
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I drop it from 10" or so and give it hard shove from the top.
Done this since I notice the car was giving a lot of wind noise on the freeway, my wife then said hey your hood is open...and it was.
It looked like only one catch had engaged so the nearside part of the hood was open while the middle and offside were flapping around in the wind. I thought maybe that had creased the hood but luckilly it did not. so now I alway give it a good slam shut.
It's a frikin long hood to have flapping in the wind.
Done this since I notice the car was giving a lot of wind noise on the freeway, my wife then said hey your hood is open...and it was.
It looked like only one catch had engaged so the nearside part of the hood was open while the middle and offside were flapping around in the wind. I thought maybe that had creased the hood but luckilly it did not. so now I alway give it a good slam shut.
It's a frikin long hood to have flapping in the wind.
03-26-2010, 07:13 AM
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I do the exact same thing....I started do this after I lowered my hood slightly in order to reduce the gap between the hood and front bumper. I found that after lowering the hood, it required a little more pressure to get closed (both latches latched).
03-26-2010, 09:52 AM
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My Ride: 2006 Titanium Silver 550i, with all the bells and whistles!!
close my hood? why? I never have to open it 
jk....controlled drop from just the right height so that it closes fully
jk....controlled drop from just the right height so that it closes fully
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