I know this is not the proper place for this posting but it is the most viewed area and I want everybody to know. DO NOT buy a hood from Fiberglassfabricatorsinc.com. They also have a lot of stuff on ebay. Their products are pieces of crap. I got a hood from them and it looks like they dropped bowling ***** on it. Quote from the mouth of one of the best autobody guys in my area, "this hood is a piece of s--t" It is going to cost me another $500 just to make it decent enough to paint. I made the mistake of trying to get a cheaper price for a hood and payed dearly and I dont want it to happen to anybody else. Please pass the word if you know of someone trying to get a hood.

 

gotcha

 

Hmmm....that's interesting. I bought an SS hood from them for my 95 Z and the workmanship was top notch. It fit perfectly and looks fantastic. You may have just gotten a bad one. Did you try and contact them to see if they would do anything about it? One bad experience should not condemn a company.

 

yeah, what did they say when you called them?

do you have pics you can post of the supposedly bad hood?

 

Yeah i did contact them and they said that they would charge me a 20% restock fee and I got to pay to ship this one back and ship a new one. I'll bet you if you look at your hood with a florecent light you will see the reflection of the light in the hood jolt back and forth instead of a straight line.

 

And to add on to that, why take a chance with a company that is hit or miss when they give you such a hassle about thier crappy products being retured, not worth the grief.

 

so you called and told them you got a defective hood, and they want to charge you restocking and shipping?

why would they charge restocking on an exchange?


thats pretty messed up. id call and raise some ****

 

Unfortuneatly I do not have pics, I already have the guys working on it but take my word for it, it was ugly, craters and bulges all over the whole hood, especially up by the windshield.

 

Nope, I went over my hood with a fine tooth comb. I used to work for a company that makes fiberglass and composite parts for airplanes. I could not find serious (or even minor) flaws at all. That is very unusual for a company not to fess up to their faults and make good on them. Having them charge you (shipping) to fix their screw up just doesn't add up. Is this something that happened in shipping or was it a manufacturing error?

 

You can tell it is a manufacturers error because it is the whole hood. They said it should have been reported within 5 minutes of being delivered but the autobody shop was the recipient not me, and they didnt know the dumb *** rule. Im glad you got a good one though, this is costing me a fortune, either way I go, returning it or not.

 

Fiberglass is a funny material...Does it look like the imperfections are from the mold itself...or from warping?

 

Thanks for the tip.

 

YEAH, I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM, PIECE OF GARBAGE AND CHARGED 20% RESTOCKING FEE, STAY AWAY.

 

If anyone wants to hear about my bad experience with Suncoast about my SS hood, feel free to email me.

pouncer7@swirvemail.com

 

FFI has its flaws...but they're no Cincinatti Composites. When my brother got his hood through them, it looked like somone had taken a jack hammer to it. After reading about them, it was typical. But like you said, he wasn't the one who recieved it. It is best to make sure you look at it first. FFI has a pretty good reputation. I was going to get one through them on down the road. But I may just stay away. I don't feel like taking a costly chance!! How much is an O.E.M. hood? Does Jason or Dal get any deals on them? Just wondering.