I did that to my old car, my celica... Removed the under hood padding.

Any pros or cons for keeping it / removing it?

 

Since it is for sound and heat....
only negatives might be a bit more sound....
Guess you could shorten the life of the paint if it gets too hot, but i have yet to see a gen1 with burnt paint....
guess it does not weigh too much....any reason to remove other than to save 3-5 pounds?

 

The hood looks badass with the lining removed

 

My 2013 MCS roadster was ordered without stripes, so I didn't even get the blanket to start with. Apparently, they're only putting it in cars with factory stripes these days.

That seems to indicate to me that it's not really necessary, other than to keep from cooking the vinyl graphics on the hood.

 

I think you're in the wrong section of NAM, my friend. This is the Gen1 board

 

makes sense. padding only needed for the delicate vinyl not the paint

 

My brand new 2013 with factory stripes does not have any lining under the hood.