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cobraa
07-10-2010, 10:05 PM
The gauge will read anything else ( well excepting plastic!) excepting my damn hood..

Anyone know why?

I made a little video so everybody can see the problem.


- MOV01012.MPG

Have fun!
cobalt9123
07-10-2010, 10:09 PM
That makes absolutely no sense. Are you sure your hood is painted? :laughing:
jjkacz
07-10-2010, 10:23 PM
What kind of car is it?
Mindflux
07-10-2010, 10:33 PM
Carbon fiber?
cobraa
07-10-2010, 10:42 PM
It's a JDM car, everything is suppose to be made out of aluminium. At first, I thought it was made of fiberglass but under the hood, it clearly have a metal feeling so it can't be fiberglass.
jjkacz
07-10-2010, 10:47 PM
It would appear that it's an aluminum hood. Will a magnet stick to it?
Wax Gorilla
07-11-2010, 06:58 AM
Test your hood with a Magnet it may have a layer of Composite material.
Vette 03
07-11-2010, 11:13 AM
Probably a Aluminium hood and your unit will only read metal products , Look into it, I have been doing some research on this lately and some appear, that even with the same # but read different metals! So I have been told lately, been looking on E-Bay!!:buffing::hotrod2:
karburn
07-13-2010, 10:36 AM
Some gauges read ferrous vs. non-ferrous. They will read steel but not aluminium. Found that out on my 560SL - aluminium hood and deck
cobraa
07-15-2010, 07:10 AM
I really thought this one was reading aluminium because this is what some peoples said on this forum regarding this PTG.

Also, I always thought/knew that my car was made in 100% aluminium.. maybe it's not lol..
Mindflux
07-15-2010, 07:49 AM
I really thought this one was reading aluminium because this is what some peoples said on this forum regarding this PTG.

Also, I always thought/knew that my car was made in 100% aluminium.. maybe it's not lol..

If your car was 100% aluminum you would have paid a whole lot more for it. While it's technically a cheap metal, when it's used in automotive applications it suddenly gets expensive. :nomore:
cobalt9123
07-15-2010, 08:15 AM
definitely not all aluminum.
cobraa
07-15-2010, 09:41 AM
edit!
cobraa
07-15-2010, 09:42 AM
If your car was 100% aluminum you would have paid a whole lot more for it. While it's technically a cheap metal, when it's used in automotive applications it suddenly gets expensive. :nomore:

MSRP for this car was 90k
Mindflux
07-15-2010, 10:44 AM
MSRP for this car was 90k

What prey tell is the car? You just said it's JDM.