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Old 10-27-2006, 10:59 PM
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I'm 5'3" tall....I want a 4" cowl for my Z28

Will I regret it?
Old 10-27-2006, 11:04 PM
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not to be an *** but don't u have a hard time seeing out already? no way i'd go with a 4"....u should look into the 2.5 or a ss
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Naw, Im fine as it is now. I dont want an SS because everyone and their grandma has one. Sunoco is getting rather popular too....and I just love how the plain medium sized cowl looks. A 2.5 would be a waste of time, if I get one I wanna get the big one

Ill probably end up getting it anyway
Old 10-27-2006, 11:25 PM
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sit on a cushion and go for it

p.s youre short
Old 10-27-2006, 11:29 PM
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thats to big IMO...it only looks good on race cars, it will lookg hilbilly on a street car, go 2.5 or sunoco those hoos are very tasful
Old 10-28-2006, 02:26 AM
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i know this one well. I'm 5'3" and have a 3" cowl. I can see, well except the right front corner ..... After about a week you dont notice it anymore. People who get in the car with me get a little freaked out but I'm fine with it .

IMO the 4" is too big. Not for vision reasons but they just look weird on the car. I love the 3" but i am bias.
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Old School Cowl
Old 10-28-2006, 08:05 AM
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I used to rock a 4" on my ss....its looked flippin sweet, only problem was that Im 5'7 and couldnt see **** out the right side and I ran a kid over once.





















and by once I mean a lot.










and by kid I mean curb.
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DO IT!!!! 4" cowl here, no driving issues. i just lean forward when making a right hand turn. then im able to see over it. 2 1/2 years, no curbs hit.
Old 10-28-2006, 10:32 PM
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Just do what you have too to see looks nice
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mine is 4'', my gf is 5'3 and she can drive it but has a hard time seeing the right corner, Im 5'10 and i have to sit up when making hard right turns or pulling into a parking spot, But you do get use to it

nothin beats the old school big cowl look!









ok well maybe the 3'' ss hood, but my hood was free

I dd my car and i get compliments daily, kids from 5yrs old pointing all the way up to old *** 88 yr old people in their huge crown vics givin me a huge thumbs up.

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Originally Posted by Magnet
thats to big IMO...it only looks good on race cars, it will lookg hilbilly on a street car, go 2.5 or sunoco those hoos are very tasful
so i take it i have a race car because i have a cowl? i daily drive my car and i love how the hood looks on it. cowl hood FTW
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4" too big? And here I was thinking the 6 was too big...

Yeah, I'm probably gonna get me a 4

And speaking of issues, I used to drive a 79 Trans Am when I was 15....and 4 foot 8. My dad had to weld the brackets and modify them to make the seat sit higher



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