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Old Dec 19, 2006 | 12:16 AM
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Default Those of you with the ws9 hoods.

I am about to invest some money into a ws9 hood and i want to know how the fitment was for you all. Good? Bad? U.S. Exotics? VFN hoods? or what? Thanks alot. Want to spend my money wisely.
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Old Dec 19, 2006 | 01:14 AM
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I have a US exotics.... hood fits like a stock hood... no complaints
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Old Dec 19, 2006 | 07:44 AM
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I have a US Exotics as well and the fitment was really good. The only problem mine has it hits the airlid. No big deal but it wears off the paint on both the lid and hood in that little spot.
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Old Dec 21, 2006 | 11:31 PM
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Awesome, im pretty sure the hood im lookin to get is from us exotics.
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 07:47 PM
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anyone have experience with the vfn ws9 hood? i tried getting ahold of us exotics but they havent got back to me yet, and im probably gonna have to order it quickly...thanks,

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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 07:50 PM
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I test fit the hood for VFN when it was being produced. Just based off of an initial test fit, plus owning 2 of their hoods, I can assure you that the fitment and quality are top notch. You definitely will not be let down!
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 07:58 PM
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thanks for the reply. you have any pics of it? the pics on their site are at an akward angle...i just wanna see how tall it is exactly, and how the lines flow with the car. i know every brand is a little different from the others...thanks,

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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 08:45 PM
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What is US exotics website? Can't seem to locate.
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i don't believe us exotics makes fbody stuff anymore and sold the molds to VFN
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 09:00 PM
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he sells some hoods on ebay
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 09:22 PM
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Us exotics is only making stuff for vipers now, the hood VFN sells is out of the same mold i believe
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 09:52 PM
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Is there any hoods like the stock WS6 without those other vents?
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Old Jan 22, 2007 | 09:57 PM
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http://www.vfnfiberglass.com/site.htm
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http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/WS9-h...QQcmdZViewItem
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 01:09 AM
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search for "us exotics hoods" in google and youll find a site with pics of roger's hoods, but he only sells them on ebay. and only one every other week or so. as per him in his reply to me today, he still sells the regular ws9 hoods (read: not the outlaw version...), the super firehawk hood and the diamondback hood for the vipers. he did sell the WS9 OUTLAW hood to vfn, they are the only place to get the ws9 outlaw hood anymore.

anyone have any pics of the vfn outlaw hood installed? id just like to be able to see it on a car cause the pics on vfn's site are from akward angles...

-cam
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 08:08 AM
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Originally Posted by 1998TA__1991RS
Us exotics is only making stuff for vipers now, the hood VFN sells is out of the same mold i believe
I can confirm that Roger @ U.S. Exotics is still making the WS9 hood (I just bought one last month), just not in the quantities that he used to.
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 01:23 PM
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I bought mine from roger at US exotics a couple months ago.It fit fine.



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Did your light rub against your driver side causing the scuff on the hood?
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 02:54 PM
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OK, here's the pics of the VFN WS9 Outlaw hood when I did the test fit well over a year ago. KEEP IN MIND: THESE PICTURES ARE OF A TEST FIT! NOT THE FINAL PRODUCT! I didn't get to test the final mold, but I'm sure it fit even better than the hood I tried out, which was already fitting pretty awesome.







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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 06:40 PM
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sorry dont have a close up, but i love it..
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Old Jan 23, 2007 | 07:56 PM
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what hood is that curtis?
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