View Poll Results: What options on the car look good?
Hood good, Rims good
26
44.83%
Hood bad, Rims good
14
24.14%
Hood good, Rims bad
3
5.17%
Hood bad, Rims bad
15
25.86%
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Hood and Rims poll.....
04-08-2003, 10:17 AM
#17
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wheels = ok.. there not my favorite wheels but they are deffinitly good looking
Hood=
I Fing LOVE THAT HOOD! i should have mine on here in 2-3 weeks! best hood evar! bwahah
Looks awsome man and mad props on the hood
BTW hows fitment on it? looks pretty damn good, hows quality? details!!
Hood=
I Fing LOVE THAT HOOD! i should have mine on here in 2-3 weeks! best hood evar! bwahahLooks awsome man and mad props on the hood
BTW hows fitment on it? looks pretty damn good, hows quality? details!!
04-08-2003, 10:54 AM
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I love my hood, there are a couple of concerns though.
1) the hood is not cut to fit. The body shop has to trim off a lot of extra fiberglass around the edges. No biggie really.
2) The grain of the fiberglass can be seen, barely, in parts of the hood. I think it may have been the body shop's fault there.
Also, I never cut out the "ram air" section because they told me it would weaken the hood to the point of failure if I went fast enough. I think it looks good even not cut out though.
Fitment is very good. Unlike some suncoast hoods, this hood actually fits the car it is made for. The body shop did a really good job modifying my existing hood hydraulics to fit the new hood also. The right side of the hood is sitting higher than the left, but that's not the hood's fault
1) the hood is not cut to fit. The body shop has to trim off a lot of extra fiberglass around the edges. No biggie really.
2) The grain of the fiberglass can be seen, barely, in parts of the hood. I think it may have been the body shop's fault there.
Also, I never cut out the "ram air" section because they told me it would weaken the hood to the point of failure if I went fast enough. I think it looks good even not cut out though.
Fitment is very good. Unlike some suncoast hoods, this hood actually fits the car it is made for. The body shop did a really good job modifying my existing hood hydraulics to fit the new hood also. The right side of the hood is sitting higher than the left, but that's not the hood's fault
04-08-2003, 02:24 PM
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I don't remember exactly. But I know it was almost exactly the cost of buying a brand new stock hood that was already painted.
the hood was cheap, maybe $450-500. Then they had to trim the edges off, prime and paint it. After all that it ended up around $700. My insurance company gave them the money to fix it with stock parts, and they didn't run out of money, so that's why I say it cost about as much as a stock hood. maybe a LITTLE more or less depending on where you go to get it painted and fitted.
You're braver than me if you cut out that ram air section. It will prolly work just fine, but I just don't want to take that chance.
the hood was cheap, maybe $450-500. Then they had to trim the edges off, prime and paint it. After all that it ended up around $700. My insurance company gave them the money to fix it with stock parts, and they didn't run out of money, so that's why I say it cost about as much as a stock hood. maybe a LITTLE more or less depending on where you go to get it painted and fitted.
You're braver than me if you cut out that ram air section. It will prolly work just fine, but I just don't want to take that chance.
04-08-2003, 07:32 PM
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From what the guys at the body shop told me, and just by looking at the back of the induction cowl, if you were to cut that slit out, it would leave a large stretch of the front of the hood unsupported. That and the wind entering the hood would cause the cowl to pull up from the body, while the nose piece, which was weakened, would be held to the body by the latch. Thus cracking the fiberglass at the edge of the ram air inlet.
The best I could ever think of would be to bend some steel into a support for the ram air, maybe with a bar down the center in the path of the air flow to keep the top of the cowl from pushing away from the bottom.
Seemed like too much work. cause you'd also have to modify an airbox to make it functional. I've heard of people using the Ultra-Z hood's ram air set up, and modifying it to fit these hoods.
Could work! Check it out when you get the hood. You'll have a better idea of what you're facing when you see it.
The best I could ever think of would be to bend some steel into a support for the ram air, maybe with a bar down the center in the path of the air flow to keep the top of the cowl from pushing away from the bottom.
Seemed like too much work. cause you'd also have to modify an airbox to make it functional. I've heard of people using the Ultra-Z hood's ram air set up, and modifying it to fit these hoods.
Could work! Check it out when you get the hood. You'll have a better idea of what you're facing when you see it.
04-10-2003, 08:26 AM
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That's what I inteded to do with it. I also didn't want my engine bay getting all dirty when it rained. I'm really interested to know how yours trns out, I may just yet cut that piece out!
