Hood??

[steddy]

That could be in the hood stops too.

[meissen]

Very true, Carl, and good point Todd - with your brother's body shop I don't think you have anything to worry about.


My only question though - I thought you had to paint all the parts on the same day with the same humidity and the same amount of clouds in the sky with the same batch of paint and the same UV index and the same amount of sun flares in the atmosphere... well you get my point Won't you have issues painting the hood separately like this?

[WMCCjames]

What can i do?
With all the paint on my car....the vents do not sit in the hood very well at all.
LOL....you have to be picky like me to see it, but I know whats its doing, and i HATE it. I have actually had to cut some of the paint off my car (the candy red and the clear) where the vents are.
I can't repaint the hood...it will do the same thing it's doing now. 15 coats of paint fills in the gaps pretty fast.

I need a different hood. Something flat I can paint. The WS6 ram air hood is not going to happen. That WAY to high for me.

I got a price of $435 plus the $90.00 shipping. That's the lowest he will go.

I guess I need some feedback.

Could you trim down the vents to fit better?

Seriously, that hood will look terrible on your car....your car is hotness as it sits right now.

[kammi10]

i agree with james it is horrid

[tenpin842]

well u third gen guys convinced me.
Thanks.

In time I will just have to repaint my stock hood. When we do it again...we will have to paint the vents in the hood to avoid whats going on now.
Like I said its not anything huge. But I like things as close to perfect as I can get.
Thanks for your input guys.

I wish they made a nice looking hood for a 3rd gen Trans Am!

[MP81]

Maybe you should just grind down the vents...

Or if you do repaint - put an undercoat under there, and put them in there, then fill the gap and make it smooth.

[tenpin842]

Maybe you should just grind down the vents...

Or if you do repaint - put an undercoat under there, and put them in there, then fill the gap and make it smooth.

Thanks! That's what we are going to do this winter.
I can't grind the vents down that much. Because the vents actually slide into the sheet metal that's on the hood to hold it in place. Both the sides and the fronts. (hard to explain)

But we are going to clean the hood up, fit the vents where they need to go, and mold them right into the hood. And then repaint it and try to match it the best we can. If we have to blend a little we can do that also so you wont really be able to tell.
Its nice that its the hood and not a door where you would have to redo the whole side.
We should have thought about that before, but never thought there would be a problem.
But that's a lot better then spending over $500.00 for a hood that looked "OK".

Thanks all for your input and advice!

[MP81]

Awesome! That's gonna look really good!

[tenpin842]

Awesome! That's gonna look really good!

Thanks for the idea Kyle! I called my brother in law and hes like yeah, yeah, yeah, we can do that.

So yes, I think it will look pretty sweet myself.

[MP81]

[Gottork]

thats the one I am buying for mine...so GET ONE!!!