[Rokcrln]

Now set the hood upside down so you can get to the ridge of the brace were the two meet. Since I liked how it all lined up I knew I wanted to weld the brace ridge to the hood ridge right were it was. All I wanted to do was make it all flush and look like nothing had been done. So I took my grinder with a 4" cut off wheel and just cut right down alone the ridge line making sure to cut between the two pieces so they would line right up. Once it was cut and I removed all scrap cut offs I then cleaned up the two pieces and tacked welded them together. Just to be safe I put the hood back on and tested it again. All was good so I pulled it back off and welded up the ridge line but only a few inches at a time to keep the heat down so to avoid warpage. I themn ground it down and the inner section was done.