Product review - Legendary hood insulation pad and clips (not recommended)

[WissaMan]

I've been overall quite satisfied with things I've gotten from them up until this. What was wrong you say? Many things unfortunately...

The pad comes with a bunch of holes pre-punched, but the material is not removed. I guess that is so it will fit multiple models. You remove the material from the holes you need. No big deal there except that you can see the punches even if you don't remove the material.

Problem #1 - when it came time to pin it up with the clips, the clips kept popping out. Turns out the metal they're made of is too soft so when it gets pushed into the hole, the tabs don't spring back out to hold it in place. Instead, they just stay bent so it has very little holding force.

Problem #2 - the pre-punched holes do not line up well. So you end up stretching and mangling the pad trying to get them in. One or two holes were missing altogether in fact.

Two other lesser issues are that the pad is not molded and it is not the factory color (black) rather it's a kind of marbled black/gray.

I ended up striping the clips off my Newport parts car, sandblasted the rust off them, hit them with black caliper paint and used them. They worked 100% better than the repo clips even though some had missing material because of the rust.

In the end we got the pad mounted but all the struggling with the bad clips and improperly positioned holes chewed it up in spots so the look is less than perfect.

I definitely don't recommend these products...

 

[Big_John]

Chances are really good that Legendary is just remarketing someone else's product. Did it have a brand name on it?

Last I knew, REM Automotive was making most of the hood pads, and I believe that they only had molded pads for select applications.

 

[ayilar]

As @Big_John has pointed out, REM makes a pad for 1969-1973 C-bodies. Some others do too, but they may not be perfect repros -- I posted what I'd found here, and there is an older thread (with contributions by REM itself) here.

 

[WissaMan]

I'm not sure who made the one from Legendary, but it wasn't molded and it was <$40. Seeing as the molded one from National Mo-parts is $185 I guess I got what I paid for.

I see some other people had problems with clips popping out. I guess I better treat my OEM clips like gold

 

[Snotty]

I got my pad from there, been very satisfied. Of course that was 17 years ago.

 

[WissaMan]

I found little slip of paper that came with the pad -- it was made by REM.

I got my pad from there, been very satisfied. Of course that was 17 years ago.

Did you get it from Legendary or National Mo-Parts? It looks like National Mo-Parts has both the molded and non-molded. If I had known there was a molded one available I would've paid the premium for it. I may still do that anyway at some point and just consider the $45 another learning experience...

 

[Snotty]

Did you get it from Legendary or National Mo-Parts? It looks like National Mo-Parts has both the molded and non-molded. If I had known there was a molded one available I would've paid the premium for it. I may still do that anyway at some point and just consider the $45 another learning experience...

Legendary, same time I bought the boot replacement and front armrests of the car.