Suncoast Raptor Hood installed
01-20-2006 | 09:51 AM
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Suncoast Raptor Hood installed Fitment is .......ok. I need to shim the front a little, as it sits about 1/4 too low, but the gaps seem fine at the moment.
01-20-2006 | 12:53 PM
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I really like that hood but the only thing that stops me from getting one is the opening for the air box underneath. I just don't like how big the opening is and I'm not swaping over to their air box
01-20-2006 | 01:14 PM
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Your fitment looks really good in the pics. The only reason I didn't get this hood is b/c I know the fitment is hit and miss vs the WS-6 hood. If I could've found a stock firehawk hood then I would've jumped all over it. I think these hoods look great. It seems like the aftermarket raptor hoods don't meet the front fascia in the very center as well as the stock firehawk hood but yours looks good.
Edit-Just noticed your sig and the pic by your screenname is a T/A...do you have a Firebird as well? If so I'm jealous
Edit-Just noticed your sig and the pic by your screenname is a T/A...do you have a Firebird as well? If so I'm jealous
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01-20-2006 | 01:30 PM
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Originally Posted by FBDYLVR
Your fitment looks really good!
Body shop spent 5 or 6 extra hours trying to fit mine...
And then I hooked up the ghetto ram air box...
Body shop spent 5 or 6 extra hours trying to fit mine...
And then I hooked up the ghetto ram air box...
Were did you get the decal for the bird on the license plate cover? looks nice.
01-20-2006 | 02:11 PM
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The fitment wasn't actually good at first, in fact, it was sitting so low that the hood was pushing against the bumper and rubbed some of the paint off. I had to shim with 3 washers underneath each bolt for the latch, and I also need to shim the back too.
By the way, my T/A was stolen, I got this car a month ago, I need to update sig. Thanks for all the nice comments.
By the way, my T/A was stolen, I got this car a month ago, I need to update sig. Thanks for all the nice comments.
01-20-2006 | 02:28 PM
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looks good, ive had a raptor hood for 4 or 5 yrs now, looks like yours lines up better than mine 
but glad you like it, ive gotten alot of compliments on mine, just make sure no one puts anything on your air filter...someone at a shop did that and now mines all bent.
but glad you like it, ive gotten alot of compliments on mine, just make sure no one puts anything on your air filter...someone at a shop did that and now mines all bent.
01-20-2006 | 02:29 PM
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The fitment wasn't actually good at first, in fact, it was sitting so low that the hood was pushing against the bumper and rubbed some of the paint off. I had to shim with 3 washers underneath each bolt for the latch, and I also need to shim the back too.
By the way, my T/A was stolen, I got this car a month ago, I need to update sig. Thanks for all the nice comments.
By the way, my T/A was stolen, I got this car a month ago, I need to update sig. Thanks for all the nice comments.
01-20-2006 | 03:19 PM
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that hood is 10,000x's better than the WS6 hood.. i just cant stand the split between the intakes.. looks cheaply done
nice call on buying that hood.. makes the cars lines flow so much smoother. im jealous
nice call on buying that hood.. makes the cars lines flow so much smoother. im jealous
