Bryan Wilkinson

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Dennis at Mecham made this for me out of Carbon Fiber. It was gel coated, preped installed and painted.
Hood weights 11lbs.


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Some had ask that I post when it was completed so here they are.
Thought I would share
Bryan

tedscamaro

dude that hood is awesome. how much did it cost and do they make one for a camaro

1Blown04

wow, that turned out great. 11lbs

MadIceV8

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Looks good, and only 11lbs . The grille inserts should be black though...

blackls1maro

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That is a sick looking hood. Does Mecham make any unique hoods for the Camaro?

Stangkilr

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They make two different hoods.

Edited for non-sponsor info . . .

6']['9

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how much did you pay for that hood? How come he doesnt make all of his hoods like that...

Shane

Looks great! I hope the quality is better than his previous hoods have been...

(Previous Mecham-hood owner)

Nesto

yeah, like shane said. did you have to prep it at all, that would have been a bitch considering its CF and all. or did you give him measurements ?

5POINT7

Sweet hood, that is the only aftermarket RamAir hood I like.

EVIL TA

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thats a sweet hood. i want to order one but i want mine not painted i want the carbon fiber look, cause my car is black. again bad *** hood!!!!!!!!!!!!

kpowr82

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That hood is a real beauty. I don't like the Camaro ones though. It's just too much. It fits the look of the T/A's though.

Derek98z

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Cool pics of the hood!

Raven

beautiful! I'd a like a CF one

JackZ28

Nice hood, but the only guy I know who put a Mecham hood on his Camaro paid almost as much to get the hood to fit as he did for the hood itself.

Stangkilr

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02PHOENIX

That thing ******* ROCKS!

Very aggressive looking!

ritchie

TTT..... Bryan, if you don't mind let us know how much they charged for a carbon fiber version of the hood....

BTW..... looks sick!

Cheatin' Chad

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I take it yours wasn't terrible to fit up because it was special order?

I hope the quality issues have been straightened out for standard hoods because I really like the look. I don't care for the hood pins but if it's for a race car that's different.

Can he make a CF hood that will use stock hardware(latch,supports,etc)?

Doesn't really matter though because there is no way I'm buying one until I hear some good feedback about Mecham.

Bryan Wilkinson

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Let me try and clairify.

I had him make it out of carbon for weight obviously. The hood came ready to hook up to all of the factory hardware, and it did. No problems. But there is one thing I want to really make clear, and this is not directed at the fiberglass aftermarket industry, however, this was my second hood. The first was from VFNFiberglass.com. It was also carbon fiber. Weighed 13lbs.

Every car from the factory requires some adjustment. I truely feel your pain. I really do, and understand where you are coming from. When I put this one on the car, with the brackets as they were from the factory it did not line straight up. The arms had to be adjusted a little. And even thought this hood was gel coated prior, I still had prep work that had to be done, and as you and anyone else would know, it is not the person painting the car that makes a paint job good, but the preperation that makes a paint job good.

So, was it a direct bolt up replacement. The answer to that question is no. I am not saying that there aren't any like that, but this one and the VFN neither were.

And I have come to accept that of fiberglass products. If this hood was steel like the factory hood, I bet it would have lined right up.

Now for the hood pins. When More Performance was designing my intercooler, and plumbing for the intercooler, I was asked did I want to relocate the battery and go that route, or take the shortest route and remove the latching stuff and come right over the middle. Well you guessed it, I went right over the middle which forced me to remove the hardware and hince the hood pins. If you go to
www.perigee.net/~lunapark/engine.html

you can see the picture of the engine comparment to get what I am telling you.
I am pleased with the hood, and the paint job and finish work that was done. The body shop left the place where the loop goes on the hood for the latching piece so that I could add a manual lock.