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Old 04-08-2006, 08:09 PM
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Default 98 formula hood...aluminum or steel?
is a flat hood from any 4th gen (specifically a 98 formula) made of aluminum or steel?
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Old 04-08-2006, 08:11 PM
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i wanna say steel
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Steel I believe, if you wanna know test it with a magnet...if it stays it's steel
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Much too heavy to be aluminum. Steel. I bet $50.


*edit- Steel, checked my buddy's with a pen magnet.

You owe me $50.
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steel, but the ws6 ram air hoods are fiberglass
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thanks guys, now i can kick my cousin in the nuts, he wanted to sell his stock flat hood to a car he doesnt even own anymore for 450 bucks...he said it was aluminum and he could get that much from a scrap yard for it...what d-bag
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Definately steel...I cut a shaker scoop hole in a spare with a Dremel tool and it feels and bends (the cut piece) like steel. BTW, I bought my used hood for $50! I have seen others for average of $150.
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Definately steel...I cut a shaker scoop hole in a spare with a Dremel tool and it feels and bends (the cut piece) like steel. BTW, I bought my used hood for $50! I have seen others for average of $150.
I've seen people giving them away!
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The 6-cylinder, Z28, Formula, and Trans Am hoods are all steel. The SS and WS6 hoods are fiberglass.

I always shake my head in frustration when I see people on here proclaiming that their "SS hood is made of metal! I swear!"
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