I think I would just stick with VFN or Harwood.

 

My FFI Z-Roc hood is top notch. Only problem I had was with fitment, you get that with any hood though.

 

hey Spinner, are you talking about Suncoast Creations on ebay???? Cause Im about to buy a hood and was thinking bout getting a raptor hood from these guys for 600$. I dont want to make a costly mistake so hook me up with some info.

 

I would like Harwood, but do they make an o.e.m. style SS hood for our cars? I know they do for the LS1, but I don't think they do for ours. Or do they?

 

i have an OEM SS hood for 98-02 camaro. 100$. just pick it up. it was in a wreck of course but is 90% there and scoop and induction are in perfect condition.

 

I scouted around for a new hood a couple months ago. Best place to start is by calling up bodyshops. They can tell you what's best to look for. From a couple shop people. I heard about "Certain oils in the Fiberglass being released and causing bubbling durring paint baking" From every place I went to they had the least problems with Harwood.

Brought a Harwood hood...but even that has a few defects and needs some smoothing and puttying.

I think it was American Sports car design...and Harwood were pretty good.

 

Yeah, same company. They have a website, and do ebay stuff.

 

so uhhhhhh........what do ya think? stay away from them? good deal? ????????????

 

I've got an FFI SS hood on my car, didn't have any problems with it.

Although I wouldn't want to deal with a company that gives as much hassle as youre receiving.

 

wait a minute, they only give you 5 minutes to report damage?

 

Well I placed an order and got my hood 4 weeks and two hoods later.


ORder: Early friday week 0. Call next thursday. No hood yet. They say they only ship fridays. Okay, so they didnt ship when i ordered. Whatever. goes out tomorrow. Should be fine. NExt tuesday, we get a call. "We broke your hood, have to make a new one." FARKING GREAT GUYS. They break my hood, and dont even bother to call me when they break it. Screws over my car on the body shop's schedule completely. Just GREAT. Next friday (week 3) they ended up sending the hood and it got here tuesday intact. Got the airbox too. Quality is **** poor, looks like it was lazily cut (very very hack, definetly hand done) edges are nonexistant. Wavy cuts. Fit isnt great. But the hood is fine. Edges between the top and bottom parts need to be seam sealed on the bottom side of the hood, but the upper and underside of the hood are fine. Took too damn long to get, and I got stupid BS excuses from suncoast. I'd never recommend them to anyone.

 

Dang....I was gonna get one through Ebay from them. Good to know. So where do I go to now???

 

I've been watching these FFI hoods on ebay for a few weeks thinking it was to good to be true.
My only thing is if they are that bad why don't they have more negative feedback on ebay. The only real complait people seem to have is slow shipping, two or three people say they didn't like the fix, and no one that I saw said the quailty was poor.

 

yeah where can i find a raptor hood for the 98+ firebird???????

 

Just got my Harwood from Classic Industries yesterday. Came in good packing and was in good shape. Paid a little more for it but I'm happy.