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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 11:50 PM
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Just put the new ramair hood on. For the most part I'm pleased. The spacing is even all around although it gets close in the front. I had to adjust the hood towards the windshield a little because it was touching the head lights. Had to adjust the lock a little too. The height is even in the back but worsens as it gets closer to the front. You can see in the pictures that it's quite taller that the level of the bumper cover and outside edges of the headlights. Also they didn't drill two holes that would've been useful with the hinges. I didn't think to take pictures of them but I'll get them up tomorrow. I'm taking the car in for a paint job on monday and will post the finished photos in 3 1/2 to 4 weeks.




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Old Oct 30, 2008 | 11:55 PM
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Looks good. How come the right side on the front pic appears to be up higher?

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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 02:04 AM
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Should of went with the ram air hood that is supposed to go on there. Like the 93-97 ws6 hood...
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 02:13 AM
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I think it will look pretty good after its painted
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 02:37 AM
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were did you buy the hood if you dont mind
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 04:39 AM
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looks alright....will look a lot better once painted.
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 12:10 PM
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I had to Lower my front bumper cover and drill out the hood latch bolt holes to slide it down farther. I had almost the same problem, my drivers side frontcorner stuck up about 1/4 inch. after moving the bumper cover down and the latch more, looks almost perfect. my rear hinges on my hood were drilled out to the max.
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 01:01 PM
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He got the hood from a non-sponsor. Please do not post the link. Thanks.
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looks good
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 02:39 PM
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nice

i woulda did a 98 front conversion then got the 98 hood.
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 02:43 PM
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Nice upgrade.
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 03:59 PM
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Here's a shot from the inside, a view of how the hinge and strut bolt up and a close up of the hole they didn't drill. I won't post a link but it's from a site called ramairhood. I desperately wanted one from U.S. Exotics but Roger wasn't returning my emails and wasn't answering his phone.



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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 04:11 PM
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not bad but i like the lt1 hoods better on lt1
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 04:40 PM
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I would love to get a ram air hood for my car... where can I get one that would fit my 96 perfectly?
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 04:44 PM
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Looks sweet indeed. I'd be hitting it with some flat black or black primer till painted.
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 07:49 PM
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yea that is gonna look **** when its painted. I like it
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Old Nov 6, 2008 | 08:37 PM
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looks good and fits pretty good i thought that brand hoods didnt fit well
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Old Dec 2, 2008 | 03:40 PM
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Ok, I got the car back from the body shop with clear signal covers and fresh paint on the whole car. I installed the ram air system that weekend.






I couldn't be happier with how it turned out. There was an issue with the nose piece that wasn't the shops fault. Apparently it warped during shipping and they used a heat gun to mold back what they could but the nose piece is still warped near the head lights on both sides. I'm gonna see if I can get it replaced but I have a feeling I'm gonna be buying a new nose piece.

Here's the ram air.




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Old Dec 2, 2008 | 03:49 PM
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Looks great! Now get some new foglights and spit shine those TT2s.
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Old Dec 2, 2008 | 04:03 PM
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that looks bad ***!!!!
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