lusting4ls1

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Just wondering how the fit and finish is. I know its aftermarket, but can afford to get an oem. Was thinking of picking one up from the ws6store.

CayenneRedV6

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Have one, fits fine, good quality.

lusting4ls1

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If thats it in the pic, that does look good. Are the nostrils a little bigger than stock?

How much was paint and prep?

CayenneRedV6

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Yeah that's it. I can get you better pictures this evening when I get off if you would like. No they're exactly like stock. Everything looks exatly the same except mine is what they consider a WS9 I guess with the heat extractors in it. All the mounting points for hardware have metal riveted on the inside for strength which I like. The only thing I wasn't a big fan of was that the grills in it are permanent. But, they are made out of some sort of coated metal. I had the paint shop paint them black for me but it wasn't sticking well. What I ended up doing was brushing them with black rustoleum paint which looks great and has held up very well. I dno't remember exactly how much it cost because I had my bumper painted at the same time. If I had to guess I think they charged me 600-800.

lusting4ls1

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Id love to see more pics.
Kind of ironic, but I have to get my bumper painted too. So thats about what I was looking at.

Nathan C

I have one on my 1999 TA. I ordered it from the WS6 store 2 years ago and got free shipping. The hood looks great but I feel my bodyshop could have done just a little better job prepping it. There are several marks on the bottom I wish they would have filled in before painting it. Also my hood has a small Trufiber badge underneath that I wish wasn't there. I also had to buy the ram air decals separatly Overall I like the way it looks. Sorry, no pictures.

CayenneRedV6

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When I get home I'll upload more pics. You may be able to find them if you search for my user name.

Well for bumper and hood it was about 1600. That's not including spraying the underside of the hood. I managed to get them to do that for free because they screwed up on the quote.

CayenneRedV6

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That's interesting because mine doesn't have a plate. It's just stamped into the actual fiberglass, which idk if that's worse or better in your opinion.

Sladester2

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vfn has a good hood. shop charged 250 to paint because it was already such good quality and prep

CayenneRedV6

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The price I paid for the paint job has nothing to do with the quality of the hood.

CayenneRedV6

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And this is before paint when I half *** adjusted it.

lusting4ls1

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That looks sick and lines up really well. Now gotta decide ws6 or ws9.

nhra-trans-am

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I helped them with test fitting when they made the ws9. It fit well for an aftermarket hood.

CayenneRedV6

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Thank you. I made the decision on spending a couple more bucks to be a little different. I figured if I was getting an aftermarket hood I might as well be a little different for the 40-60 extra it cost.

Sail Hatan

i have one, fits good, weights nothing, looks nice. no complaints

crazyelf

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I will charge more if there is lots of pitting in the fiberglass that needs to be filled. So yes the quality of the hood can determine price of the paint job.

On a side note, I just did a trufiber ws9 hood on a som TA. It needed no extra work and the fitment was great. I also have the same hood on my car and fitment isnt quite perfect but is a lot better than some other aftermarket hoods I have seen.

Mine has trufiber stamped into the fiberglass itself, the one I did recently had a smaller trufiber badge riveted on the under side.

CayenneRedV6

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I'm aware of that but, I said it had nothing to do with the price IIIIII paid.

lusting4ls1

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You guys are huge help. Ws9 it is!!!

Sail Hatan

I will say mine had some cracks in the gel coat. the guy I got it from owned a body shop and said the guy banged up the car but the hood survived. I dont know if the cracks where from the crash, or poor prep. I just took it off, sanded it down, put a super light coat of bondo in an attemp to repair it, and primed it. itll be painted during the week.

HoLLo

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Trufiber hoods certainly are the best all around. Others look freakin terrible with the square nostrils, or the squared scoops on top, or the scoops recessed too far. Trufiber got it right.