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Old 06-30-2011, 12:44 AM
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How much are you guys paying to get your hood painted??? I keep getting very high quotes.

I have a black WS6 hood that I need painted red.
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Old 06-30-2011, 12:59 AM
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Originally Posted by TruBloodTransAm
How much are you guys paying to get your hood painted??? I keep getting very high quotes.

I have a black WS6 hood that I need painted red.
What is a high quote to you?
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Old 06-30-2011, 02:14 PM
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Originally Posted by HioSSilver
Finally got imto my photobucket



What's with your grill? Looks like it's a solid flat piece of plastic from the reflection. Any better pictures of that?
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Originally Posted by HioSSilver
What is a high quote to you?
$700...which is more than I paid for the hood
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Old 06-30-2011, 08:03 PM
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Originally Posted by TruBloodTransAm
$700...which is more than I paid for the hood
Which is why I refuse to buy a new hood. No way can I justify that much on an appearance mod.

I'd rather have my sleek beak body colored than an unpainted R/A hood anyday.
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Old 06-30-2011, 10:24 PM
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Originally Posted by TruBloodTransAm
$700...which is more than I paid for the hood
Sounds reasonable if they do quality work. Remember the are painting both sides to do it right so it's like painting 2 hoods. They would have to prime and block the hood as most if not all of the aftermaket hoods are'nt very straight and usaully have pinholes here and there.Quality Materials alone will be $200+
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Old 06-30-2011, 10:26 PM
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Originally Posted by SSkull
What's with your grill? Looks like it's a solid flat piece of plastic from the reflection. Any better pictures of that?
It's actually a peice of carbon fibre I made to block the holes so no air goes where it's not wanted....same for the foglight openings.
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Originally Posted by HioSSilver
It's actually a peice of carbon fibre I made to block the holes so no air goes where it's not wanted....same for the foglight openings.
Looks different. It's nice.
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Originally Posted by carlos64030
Is this the new trend in the F-body world?
I sure hope not.



Too many mullet jokes already. Bad enough seeing third gens with unpainted 6" cowls.
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new ebay superhawk as of yesterday... modifications to come to flush it better, and a thread soon
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I'm gonna paint mine. I just ain't had time yet. I am gonna leave the SS scoop carbon when I do.
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Old 07-01-2011, 04:43 PM
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* Nice... i was thinking of that with a carbon fiber sail panel would be sweet
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Old 07-02-2011, 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by StuntmanMike
Which is why I refuse to buy a new hood. No way can I justify that much on an appearance mod.

I'd rather have my sleek beak body colored than an unpainted R/A hood anyday.
I bought my WS9 hood for $450 shipped from Trufiber and painted it for $300 both sides clear coated
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Originally Posted by StuntmanMike
Which is why I refuse to buy a new hood. No way can I justify that much on an appearance mod.

I'd rather have my sleek beak body colored than an unpainted R/A hood anyday.
Not really a appearance mod to me. I saved 21# by going to the carbon hood. That much weight off the car that high was a difference I could actually feel. I hammer the **** out of this car and know it very well.
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Originally Posted by Trans Am Jam
I bought my WS9 hood for $450 shipped from Trufiber and painted it for $300 both sides clear coated
Wow, not bad at all.
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Originally Posted by HioSSilver
Not really a appearance mod to me. I saved 21# by going to the carbon hood. That much weight off the car that high was a difference I could actually feel. I hammer the **** out of this car and know it very well.
Well for me a hood would def be an appearance mod.

I don't really care about weight savings, between the 2.73's and the A4, the car is slow as **** anyway...21lbs is the least of my worries, haha.
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Originally Posted by Trans Am Jam
I bought my WS9 hood for $450 shipped from Trufiber and painted it for $300 both sides clear coated
How'd you get it painted so cheap??
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Old 07-03-2011, 10:10 AM
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Originally Posted by HioSSilver
Not really a appearance mod to me. I saved 21# by going to the carbon hood. That much weight off the car that high was a difference I could actually feel. I hammer the **** out of this car and know it very well.
Is your hood a VIS or Carbon creations? still a little heavy for a CF hood. Those hoods have a fiber glass frame just laminated with CF. But any weight reduction is good on our heavy cars. I had a DGmotorsports CF hood and it was much lighter than my friends VIS cf hood. maybe by 10-15# lighter. I could lift it with my pinky. lol
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