Opinions please - SS hood scoop
04-09-2003, 04:03 PM
#1
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Pensacola, FL, U. S. of A.
Posts: 594
Opinions please - SS hood scoop
Later this year I was planning on getting a SS hood. I can't afford a GM hood but I'm worried about the fit of the hood. I was going to try to get the best fitting aftermarket SS hood possible. Then I saw this: http://neugenmotorsports.com/SSHS.htm I'd like some opinions on this. Would this look good or be ricey, anything like that? I figured that if that worked, it might be cheaper than an aftermarket hood plus I'd still be using a GM hood so the fit would be good.
Last edited by SuperDave479; 04-09-2003 at 04:06 PM.
04-09-2003, 04:18 PM
#2
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2000
Location: Senoia, GA
Posts: 48
You'd probably be getting close to the cost of an aftermarket hood after you buy that thing and have a body shop mold it on/paint it for you. Unless you can do it yourself that is. I wouldn't do it personally.
James
James
04-09-2003, 04:21 PM
#3
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Pensacola, FL, U. S. of A.
Posts: 594
Originally posted by James 97Z
You'd probably be getting close to the cost of an aftermarket hood after you buy that thing and have a body shop mold it on/paint it for you. Unless you can do it yourself that is. I wouldn't do it personally.
James
You'd probably be getting close to the cost of an aftermarket hood after you buy that thing and have a body shop mold it on/paint it for you. Unless you can do it yourself that is. I wouldn't do it personally.
James
04-09-2003, 04:27 PM
#4
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2001
Location: newton, kansas, USA
Posts: 6,070
I have seen real LS1 SS hoods go for 500 bucks since those cars are really abundent compared to LT1 cars. I would just get a GM hood. I understand why you would like to keep the stock hood, but going to a fiberglass one sure saves some weight. Just an extra benefit.
04-09-2003, 04:31 PM
#5
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2002
Location: USA
Posts: 3,007
I think your hood right now is metal... that scoop is fiberglass...
Not a good idea or worth it IMO, especially once you add the price for a decent paint job to match your factory color. Also, there is the potential for whatever you use to mold it, to become weaker or crack over time and/or collision. It is not worth the risk unless you have your own bodyshop IMO.
Better to just get a Fiberglass SS hood and weight savings like he said.
Not a good idea or worth it IMO, especially once you add the price for a decent paint job to match your factory color. Also, there is the potential for whatever you use to mold it, to become weaker or crack over time and/or collision. It is not worth the risk unless you have your own bodyshop IMO.
Better to just get a Fiberglass SS hood and weight savings like he said.
04-09-2003, 04:37 PM
#6
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Pensacola, FL, U. S. of A.
Posts: 594
Originally posted by pu12en12g
I think your hood right now is metal... that scoop is fiberglass...
Not a good idea or worth it IMO, especially once you add the price for a decent paint job to match your factory color. Also, there is the potential for whatever you use to mold it, to become weaker or crack over time and/or collision. It is not worth the risk unless you have your own bodyshop IMO.
Better to just get a Fiberglass SS hood and weight savings like he said.
I think your hood right now is metal... that scoop is fiberglass...
Not a good idea or worth it IMO, especially once you add the price for a decent paint job to match your factory color. Also, there is the potential for whatever you use to mold it, to become weaker or crack over time and/or collision. It is not worth the risk unless you have your own bodyshop IMO.
Better to just get a Fiberglass SS hood and weight savings like he said.
04-09-2003, 04:40 PM
#7
Registered User
Thread Starter
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: Pensacola, FL, U. S. of A.
Posts: 594
Originally posted by Z95m6
I have seen real LS1 SS hoods go for 500 bucks since those cars are really abundent compared to LT1 cars. I would just get a GM hood. I understand why you would like to keep the stock hood, but going to a fiberglass one sure saves some weight. Just an extra benefit.
I have seen real LS1 SS hoods go for 500 bucks since those cars are really abundent compared to LT1 cars. I would just get a GM hood. I understand why you would like to keep the stock hood, but going to a fiberglass one sure saves some weight. Just an extra benefit.
Thread
Thread Starter
Forum
Replies
Last Post
CARiD
Supporting Vendor Group Purchases and Sales
0
09-30-2015 05:44 AM