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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 02:28 PM
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I bought an SS fiberglass hood for my 95. Anyone else on this forum ever purchased an SS hood off ebay? I just wanna know the how it will fit and will it leave any gaps when done professionally?
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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 04:20 PM
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For an LT1 check out www.camaroz28.com
You'll probably get more advice for everything over there.

As for my opinion, ebay auction hood equals ebay auction quality. What brand is it? Most of the more popular brands (VFN, Suncoast Creations) have a good fit. A professional might be able to adjust it to get it to fit as tight as possible, but if there's a shape difference you're out of luck.
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Old Aug 26, 2006 | 04:22 PM
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I bought a camaro hood from ebay. This is the 4th day im working on it to get it to fit right. Im never buying anything from ebay again. Hope your turns out better then mine.
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 12:48 AM
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i got my 93-97 ss hood from ebay, fiberglassfabricatorsinc.com or something was the seller, minor adjustments, it fit really niceeee
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 11:55 AM
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It's a fiberglass company that makes it. I read his feedback and so far people that have bought f body hoods off of him have no complaints. I asked him about fitting and he said that i should not worry and it should fit exactly. he sounded very confident and also mentioned that his items were never returned and all of them fitted perfectly.
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Old Aug 27, 2006 | 12:01 PM
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I'm holding out for a real one. I'm sure some of the aftermarket ones are OK but I want to bolt in on and go. I don't want to worry that it will take 10 hours of prep at the paint shop thus negating any possible savings from buying aftermarket. Just my opinion though.
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