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What is that black stuff? I expect it helps with the scratches. Is it just electrical tape wrap or something more robust?
Its a thin neoprene to help against rubbing on the hood and fender body work
Someone else mentioned that on the video and I'm going to look into it. This is a bit of a first draft I think.
You could also use carabiners and paracord and make them temporary and easy to remove. Or one of those Nite-Ize paracord cam locks.
Personally I would prefer not to, the fender gives you hard points to actually bolt to and give some good tension on the lines (I would not trust paracord as limb risers). The only method you could use for the hood are like those low profile antenna mounts and those simply aren't strong enough.
Are you still getting hood interference even with the angle of the mounts? I would have figured you were clearing it.
you can open the hood halfway and you hit the lines. You would have to space out the top mounts going to the roof rack to be the same width as your hood mounts if you wanted them to clear, which looks just silly
I'm having problems visualizing that
Here's my best render of what I'm thinking:
I would highly recommend not doing that... Your bed and cab flex differently from each other and can put different strains on the lines. If you used something more flexible like paracord you could do it, but not with a steel line.Here's my best render of what I'm thinking:
For me it'd be nice to have cables go all the way to the cap since it's so damn high. Normal length risers would help limbs over the windshield but not over the cap. But I'm worried there might be too much flex in the frame.
