2016 Silverado hood pools water

[Rawyzf]

my truck is leveled and when parked on level pavement it pools on the hood.

 

 

Really? Then you either have cockeyed pavement or a deformed hood. If not, you have made an amazing scientific discovery that defies Newton law.

 

I think you're trying to hard here to understand. My reply is based on two comments above.

 

I'll sum it up: A truck with a Leveling Kit sitting on Levelish gound, can pool water. 1/4, 1/2, whatever the amount it, it can pool water.

 

I am not a butt hurt non 16 owner. I like the 16 hoods, I just posted as I could picture this happening, as when I first saw the hood design I called them bird baths.

[last truck]

i love my front end and hood, bird bath and all it's why I traded a 14 for a 16, that and the 3.73 gears. I'll never own anything with less gear.

[Rawyzf]

i love my front end and hood, bird bath and all it's why I traded a 14 for a 16, that and the 3.73 gears. I'll never own anything with less gear.

If the birdbath fit on my 15, I'd swap for one. My 15 hood has a nice hammer face dent from some random d-bag.

 

 

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Edited November 4, 2016 by Rawyzf

[last truck]

If the birdbath fit on my 15, I'd swap for one. My 15 hood has a nice hammer face dent from some random d-bag.

 

 

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ouch, that sucks.

[Camaro45th]

I park my truck in my driveway which is kind of on a slight incline. I have noticed a little bit of water pooled up there, but nothing major. Like someone else has said, you see the wind against it rippling the water and as soon as you stop it all goes over the front.

[jerseytaylor]

 

 

evidently '16 owners were pleased enough to spend bucks on it instead of a cheaper leftover and others appear envious of the way it out dates older ones

ok lol

[Srode1]

I did like the looks of the hood when I test drove a 16, and till think it looks nice. But wondered about the bird bath effect right off the bat. Hopefully nobody ends up with water spot damage on the paint from standing water.

 

I ended up buying a left over '15 for a nice savings in part because I couldn't find a 16 with the options and color I wanted and I thought the longer drive train warranty was a nice bonus.

[milano30man]

I wonder how long the paint will last in this area where the water pools up. I'm thinking heat, mineral deposits, paint breakdown. Could be an issue later.

Edited March 24, 2020 by milano30man

[ripfree]

On 10/16/2016 at 7:47 PM, Midnight6.2 said:

My trucks leveled and the hood doesn't hold water

It's pretty clear your truck is not level.  Your driveway is sloped.  Park normally, head in, and you'll have hood bird baths like everyone else.

[ripfree]

On 11/3/2016 at 9:34 AM, pm26 said:

 

Does everyone park their trucks on a level surface at all times? Of course the water will pool all the time on top of your hood if you park the truck on a slight incline. Many homes in my area have sloping driveways with at least a 2 degree angle.

Finally someone with a brain cuts through the mythbusting bull.

[ripfree]

On 11/4/2016 at 8:38 AM, Thomcat said:

It is physically impossible if the truck is leveled as indicated in the post which is zero degrees tilt..........gravity, you know. And no where is it indicated that the front end matched the rear......it indicated the built in inclinometer in the DIC read zero (0) degrees, or when facing downhill, when the vehicle is empty. Matching front and rear height proportionality is based upon the load and where it is placed in the truck..If parked on a certain uphill angle, or if one throws a ton of crap in a parked truck it may be possible to get about 1/2" trapped before it spills backward over the rear of the hood...actually less if you have a nice polish on the hood..and 1/2" is not a pool.

 

To the contrary it appears that the shape of the hood is well designed and functional for other than the purpose of eliciting snide remarks by '16 wannabees. The folds and convolutions give extra strength to the lighter alloy hood. And I discovered what might be an unintended benefit in glare elimination similar to the flat black rally stripes on the hood of my '69 Camaro or the flat silver ones on my '15...... the multiple different angled surfaces instead of a continuous flat surface hood on the Silverado permit the driver by a slight turn of the head to eliminate the hot spot reflecting off the hood when driving toward a bright early morning, or late afternoon, Sun below the lower edge of the visor........a slight movement of the head positions the Sun's hot spot to a different surface on the hood where the different angle reflects it away from the driver's vision.

Talk about overthinking.  You have to look at where 95% of owners are going to be.  Pulled into their sloped (for drainage) driveways.  That 2 degrees is enough to trap water.  What are you going to do when you get home, jack up your truck or reposition the loads?  Silly.  There are bird baths, plain and simple.

[MikeBMW]

I have no clue as to this issue. I live in Florida where it rains torrentially at times.
I've never had a "water pooling" issue.
Even in a car wash ... don't see it.

[PFTX_5.3]

14 hours ago, MikeBMW said:

I have no clue as to this issue. I live in Florida where it rains torrentially at times.
I've never had a "water pooling" issue.
Even in a car wash ... don't see it.

Yeah, never noticed it on our 17 or 18