Are you doing this with the stock hood still on or when the new fiberglass hood is on? All I have is a propane torch will this work? Worried I might hurt my new paint job. Would be cool if this was on youtube. Thanks for the help.
fiberglass hood, otherwise you dont know how the springs are reacting with the lighter hood. And no you need a real torch to get those springs hot enough. If we had a car at the shop needing a bolt on hood i would get a vid but we dont, sorry.
and as far as paint some is gonna cook off, thats why you do EVERYTHING before painting a car, put wet rags around it best you can and control where you put heat to minimize issues