Am I the Only One...?
05-06-2010, 02:15 AM
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Look, the guys that say it looks just as good probably don't want to spend the money on a new hood. To me, it's the same as trying to compare 18x11 deep dish rims to 16x8 stockers or an SS rear spoiler to the stock one. I'm sure that someone who's not even into cars can tell you which looks better. In the pic you posted from an angle, it looks ok, but looking head on or from the side, it just looks so plain.
05-06-2010, 02:59 AM
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Look, the guys that say it looks just as good probably don't want to spend the money on a new hood. To me, it's the same as trying to compare 18x11 deep dish rims to 16x8 stockers or an SS rear spoiler to the stock one. I'm sure that someone who's not even into cars can tell you which looks better. In the pic you posted from an angle, it looks ok, but looking head on or from the side, it just looks so plain.
His stock hood does have a really clean look to it. I dont think he has a hard time pulling it off at all, and for all the money/paint hassel might as well put into something else if he's got a good thing going right?
05-06-2010, 03:02 AM
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dude your car looks great, i think the thing about your car is the color allows the eye to see the "valleys" that run from the headlights to the windshield, and the slight crease in the middle, and those lines draw the viewer's eye over the hood, making it more interesting. notice on other stock hoods, like the pic camaro_94 posted, the hood looks like a big, boring, flat sheet of red (no offense dude), one glance and theres nothing more to see...
I just found 2 red cars and compared them.. To make it fair.
05-06-2010, 03:04 AM
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OP i have a picture of your car saved on my comp because of how much i like it.
stock hoods clean, but i wish i could get a stock ls1 hood with the stock lt1 hood vents.. i think it would look cool
stock hoods clean, but i wish i could get a stock ls1 hood with the stock lt1 hood vents.. i think it would look cool
05-06-2010, 06:35 PM
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Nope, you're not the only one. Yes the SS and Sunoco hoods look nice, but the regular sleek hood looks just as good to me. If you've got a stock Z28 and want to make the front look more aggressive, change out the ugly factory grille; IMO that's what really wakes up the front of these cars.
so im gettin one this summer!dude your car looks great, i think the thing about your car is the color allows the eye to see the "valleys" that run from the headlights to the windshield, and the slight crease in the middle, and those lines draw the viewer's eye over the hood, making it more interesting. notice on other stock hoods, like the pic camaro_94 posted, the hood looks like a big, boring, flat sheet of red (no offense dude), one glance and theres nothing more to see...
plain hood looks nice especially just polished its just looked like one big mirror!
but yeah I'm just saying thing because i don't have the cash to spend on a sunoco hood right now!
also hate how people think my car is a v6 or less powerfully because my car is not a ss.
but yeah I'm just saying thing because i don't have the cash to spend on a sunoco hood right now!
also hate how people think my car is a v6 or less powerfully because my car is not a ss.
05-06-2010, 06:43 PM
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Yep pretty much agree with most people here. It really depends on the car as a whole, the color, gfx or not, all that stuff...
I'm not big on the SS hood because, well, it is overplayed. Everybody and his brother has the SS hood on their V6 (heck doesn't belong on that), Z28, and SS (well duh on the last one
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I was probably going to stick with my stock hood, but between a wavy part in the middle from the previous owner rolling a deer's head on it and then me having a little mishap this past winter, I've got something else going on it later this year....
I'm not big on the SS hood because, well, it is overplayed. Everybody and his brother has the SS hood on their V6 (heck doesn't belong on that), Z28, and SS (well duh on the last one
).I was probably going to stick with my stock hood, but between a wavy part in the middle from the previous owner rolling a deer's head on it and then me having a little mishap this past winter, I've got something else going on it later this year....
05-06-2010, 08:09 PM
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To the OP: Its a complement of everything, it all adds to the over all appearance of the car, like the body kit and c6 wheels in your car. But lets face it, stock hoods are just plain stock hoods and nothing more to them. 
05-07-2010, 12:55 AM
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I want to do the LS1 front end conversion, light colors can definitely rock the stock hood, and thats what I wanted to do.
It looks so much more clean and sleek.
Love your car color man, its amazing!
The RS package is great too!
Nice to see something different!
It looks so much more clean and sleek.
Love your car color man, its amazing!
The RS package is great too!
Nice to see something different!
05-07-2010, 04:17 AM
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Look, the guys that say it looks just as good probably don't want to spend the money on a new hood. To me, it's the same as trying to compare 18x11 deep dish rims to 16x8 stockers or an SS rear spoiler to the stock one. I'm sure that someone who's not even into cars can tell you which looks better. In the pic you posted from an angle, it looks ok, but looking head on or from the side, it just looks so plain.
05-07-2010, 08:22 AM
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im keeping my stock hood.i love the Ss hood and Sunoco but will not look right on my car whith size of wheels im running. also car has to be slammed to get that look with a cowl imo.
