Patent ID: 7467884

Claim:
A hood sub-frame adapted to be coupled to a vehicle having a hood moveable between an open position and a closed position comprising: (a) a left headlight mounting assembly for permitting a headlight to be mounted to a left side of the hood sub-frame; (b) a right headlight mounting assembly for permitting a headlight to be mounted to a right side of the hood sub-frame; (c) a hood mounting assembly for coupling the hood sub-frame to the hood such that the hood sub-frame moves with the hood when the hood is coupled to the hood mounting assembly and moved between the open and closed positions; (d) a cross brace assembly passing between and coupled to the left side of the hood sub-frame and the right side of the hood sub-frame; and (e) a pivot assembly coupled to the hood sub-frame, the pivot assembly adapted to be couple to a chassis of the vehicle such that the hood sub-frame is pivotable between a first position and a second position to move the hood between the open and closed positions.