John- I installed mine over the weekend and had to create my own templete. This was doen by laying a peice of paper aginst the bottom and also allowing for two "wings" to hold onto or tape down when placed on the hood. The screw holes were placed by taking Q-tips (yes, they fit the screw holes almost exactly by taking some of the cotten off) and cutting them just above the surface of the base so when I put the template back on the underside, the non-cotten ends stuck up just enough to contact and mark the templete. The one issue on the screws and the templete is that the templete does not take into consideration the center band which bulges and will distort the templete demension on the hood, I did not take this into consideration but I was still able to contact the screw holes by a slight angle of the screws and got a good fit.
The other issue is where does the bird/templete go on the hood. This I did by sliding the bird up and down on the hood until I could not see any large gaps on the underside of the base and also pushing down on the front of the base so as to not cause the rear to lift up and vise versa. Place tape on the hood so you don't scratch the hood. Also a visual look for straitness when you think you have found the "sweetspot". The screws have to be modified due to the back ones being shorter then the front ones, bolt cutters and tap and die set covered this.
Also make sure the front of the bases cutout for the center band is wide enough to fit around it, I had to grind the slot out on the base to make it fit over the band (also tape the base so the grinder does not slip and mar the work).
gook luck!
cam
Last edited by Cam; 11/27/2007 9:49 PM.
