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Aug 23, 2011 | 05:56 PM

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very nice! i was about to be like why do the scoop and not make it functional, very nice

Aug 23, 2011 | 11:05 PM

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thanx, goin to paint it and try some plasti-dip flat black stripes coming from the vents.

Aug 23, 2011 | 11:52 PM

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reminds me of the terminator hood, i wonder how that would look on a 4th gen z28 hood hmmm.

Aug 24, 2011 | 12:10 AM

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find a cheap hood.

my next one is actually goin to have a mustang part on it. lol

heres what itll be but its on my buddies sn95 mustang.

we measured it out on my hood and itll fit nicely.

2010 GT500 hood vent:

Aug 24, 2011 | 12:16 AM

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I like it! Might have some hope left for my stock flat hood if i can find something to do to it.

Aug 24, 2011 | 12:24 AM

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i like the gt500 vent, think it would only work for an lt1 hood though because they are straight.

lol here is something i did to my car in paint REALLY quick, i think if it was executed well it could be a great looking hood

Aug 24, 2011 | 12:25 AM

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just find another hood somewhere for cheap and try it out.

Aug 24, 2011 | 12:36 AM

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hmmm im very tempted lol i was thinking about getting a sunoco hood but this would save me alot of money lol

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Aug 28, 2011 | 04:38 AM

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didnt wanna keep driving around with a partially primered hood so decided to go buy some duplicolor paint shop jet black paint and go at it. i didnt have my big spray gun and my compressor is small so it came out with some tiger stripes. wholes cars goin to get painted in a while so i dont care.

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Aug 28, 2011 | 10:00 AM

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Aug 28, 2011 | 06:43 PM

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wow, im really considering stealing some ideas here for my 65...

Aug 28, 2011 | 07:00 PM

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Nice work! I can't wait to see it when the car gets painted.

Aug 28, 2011 | 08:28 PM

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dam nice work

Aug 28, 2011 | 08:46 PM

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great work man! love to see someone do something original like this! kudos!

Aug 29, 2011 | 12:47 AM

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thanx again guys. ive been thinkin of havin stripes coming from the vents but not sure what color i wanna do. i was thinkin of either flat black or maybe the blue that my intake color is or maybe a darker blue.

Aug 29, 2011 | 12:51 AM

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damn, very good work an skills, looks great

Aug 29, 2011 | 09:37 PM

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so i talked with a company that builds body kits and this type of stuff and they said that theyll put it into production if i can get 20 paid orders. would be nice to see these things floating around.