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Old 04-30-2014, 10:24 AM   #58 (permalink)
jakoken
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Originally Posted by California98Civic View Post
I don't know about others, but I have considered these many times. Depending on how I crowd and minorly modify my Civic's roof, i figured I could get as much as 120w up there (during peak operation). I would be careful about the hood though (engine heat). EDIT: this was not the specific product I was considering, though.
The one thing to test is how hot the hood gets. The hood might be hotter if the upper grill is blocked. If it is below 150F or so it won't cause breakdown of the cells but the question is if the adhesive. The power would reduced by the heat of the hood tho.
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