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Apr 15, 2007 | 04:21 PM

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My new ws6 hood!

What do you do when you buy a perfect red ws6 hood and have a black car???? Improvise.... yes i will get it painted soon but i couldnt wait to get it on

Apr 15, 2007 | 04:31 PM

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my eyes, my eyes (overexposed). got better pics?

Apr 15, 2007 | 04:32 PM

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did you rattle can it?

Apr 15, 2007 | 04:38 PM

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nice improvision for now.

get it painted

or you should have marked off stripes instead of the whole ram air bump part.

Apr 15, 2007 | 04:38 PM

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Nice way to improvise.

Apr 15, 2007 | 05:13 PM

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im sorry its really over cast here today, yea i just flat blacked it until i paint it

Apr 15, 2007 | 05:47 PM

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I know it's improvising, but all black would have looked alot better IMO. I'm not a fan of that much red on a black car.

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Apr 15, 2007 | 06:17 PM

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I think it looks good, nice way to hold you off until paint

Apr 16, 2007 | 09:33 AM

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I think it looks good, nice way to hold you off until paint

thanks man! I couldnt pass it up.... its a perfect OEM ws6 hood and i got it 4 $375

Apr 16, 2007 | 01:36 PM

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not a bad deal

Apr 16, 2007 | 04:21 PM

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thanks man! I couldnt pass it up.... its a perfect OEM ws6 hood and i got it 4 $375

I hate you!!!!!

Congrats on the awesome find...I wish I had an authentic WS-6 hood instead of the clone. The real ones just fit so perfectly!!!

Apr 16, 2007 | 06:53 PM

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I hate you!!!!!

Congrats on the awesome find...I wish I had an authentic WS-6 hood instead of the clone. The real ones just fit so perfectly!!!

i was expecting a nightmare to line this thing up and it was just right on the money

Apr 16, 2007 | 06:58 PM

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i was expecting a nightmare to line this thing up and it was just right on the money

Just out of curiosity why did you think it would be hard to line up? I would think you could just match the bolt holes like w/ your stock hood and be good to go.

Apr 16, 2007 | 07:04 PM

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Just out of curiosity why did you think it would be hard to line up? I would think you could just match the bolt holes like w/ your stock hood and be good to go.

i've just heard alotta people on hear have had a har time getting their hoods to line up but i maybe had 5 min in gapping it and whatnot. Maybe just cuz it is an oem.... but needless to say i love it

Apr 16, 2007 | 07:05 PM

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i've just heard alotta people on hear have had a har time getting their hoods to line up but i maybe had 5 min in gapping it and whatnot. Maybe just cuz it is an oem.... but needless to say i love it

Yeah, I still hate you

Apr 16, 2007 | 09:19 PM

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hmm... i dont know whether i like those stripes or not... either way deff creative untill it gets painted... seems to fit pretty good too... fiberglass can really bite you in the *** sometimes...

Apr 17, 2007 | 09:41 AM

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Thanks for the comments guys

Apr 17, 2007 | 10:17 AM

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i've just heard alotta people on hear have had a har time getting their hoods to line up but i maybe had 5 min in gapping it and whatnot. Maybe just cuz it is an oem.... but needless to say i love it

Yeah, I got an OEM SS hood.. havent really tried aligning it but the little I did do was very difficult. You got lucky if it just went right on. Any tricks you could give me?? Is there a good approach to do it?

Apr 17, 2007 | 10:30 AM

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I just tightened the bolts down to were it was tigt but i could still bump the hoo a little and move its position. I starte with teh headlamp gap (being a t/a) then moved to the headlight bumpers making sure it was at the right level. Lastly i just made sure the fender gap was correct. Then i had to adjust the hood striker and realease handle accordingly. It just takes a lil playing with. Then again i have replaced front clips and what not before on previous vehicles so i hav a little experiance with it. Just take your time and im sure you will get 'er lookin cherry