Are you going to cut out the center cross brace, or putting the vent over top of it? I cut mine out, at first I left it in then ended up cutting it out, thought it may trap water and stand in there if sitting outside, hood stills feels tight, may put a flat piece of steel across later if I think it needs it
9X14 vents will cover a large portion of the hood will look good. I knew yours were coming soon, so had to get mine done first!

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MUDD'S MOTORSPORT'S We do IFS lift installs ,
03 OVERLAND EDITION /Kilby-Skidrow-Mopar-4XGuard skids/ 2.5 inch TOTAL CONTROL JBA coilovers -JBA Arms/MOABS-31 FALKEN WILDPEAK AT3W / 4.10's etc, 04 Kilimanjaro Edition loaded, plus 05 KJ limited

Dont think rain entering will be a problem, they are positioned over far enough that there is nothing really underneath, just to the sides of the engine, water should just fall through, if not pour some soap down the vents when its raining and I should have a clean engine when it stops!

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MUDD'S MOTORSPORT'S We do IFS lift installs ,
03 OVERLAND EDITION /Kilby-Skidrow-Mopar-4XGuard skids/ 2.5 inch TOTAL CONTROL JBA coilovers -JBA Arms/MOABS-31 FALKEN WILDPEAK AT3W / 4.10's etc, 04 Kilimanjaro Edition loaded, plus 05 KJ limited

I'm going to leave the brace in place,going to drill holes in it for the water to drain and at the ends of the gapping holes I'm going to have to cut I'll fill the gap in the brace(where it meets the uncut part of the hood) with RTV to prevent any water traveling to other areas of the brace.