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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 12:23 AM
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Trying to decide on which hood i wanna go with, it will be awhile before i get to purchasing one but i would like to have already decided on which 1 i wanna go with. When the time comes.

Can you guy's show me some great hood's??? I like the SS Ram Air hood, but it's kind of a last option for me. If i cant find another hood i like. NO COWL HOODS though, just dont like the look of those.

If you could post a link to a website, where i can purchase the hood or pics of the hoods. That would be great, i cant seem to find much site's that offer something else besides the SS hood.

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Old Apr 3, 2008 | 12:34 AM
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Can't go wrong with a stock SS hood. Although my favorite hood is the VFn Sunoco (its a cowl, but good looking)hood.....that is actually most people's favorite on this site anyway....actually LT1 style ss hoods look great on ls1 cars....
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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 05:52 PM
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Yeaa, i like the SS hood but its a last option because i just want something different. Seem's like everyone with a Z28 around here, want's to slap on a SS hood. So i kinda want it to be different, but i cant find no website's for any other style hood's other then the SS or a Cowl Hood.

The COWL Hood's, i just dont like the big *** one's. I think it ruin's the look of the car's, but maybe i just havent seen the right cowl hood that isnt to big and look's perfect.

Anyone know any link's to website's that have other hood's beside's the 2 mentioned above???
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Old Apr 5, 2008 | 06:25 PM
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get an ss or sunoco

leave us cowl guys a little more rare
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 12:21 AM
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SS' and cowl hoods are the only ones worth looking at, the rest of em look like crap IMO.

There's the ultra z ,the ws6 look and a ton of ricer hoods full of vents and what not.
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Old Apr 6, 2008 | 12:55 AM
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ss ram air hood? its not what im picturing is it?
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Cowl hoods are ugly, join the pool of SS clones

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i like cowl hoods....
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Originally Posted by Adam_346
SS' and cowl hoods are the only ones worth looking at, the rest of em look like crap IMO.

There's the ultra z ,the ws6 look and a ton of ricer hoods full of vents and what not.
Ive seen the Ultra Z, kinda like the look of it but the WS6 hood's ive seen. Dont look right on a Camaro, and im not into the ricer looking crap.

So now, it's kind of between the SS and the Ultra Z hood's.

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Cowl hoods are ugly, join the pool of SS clones

Haha, i actually like how your car look's with that hood man. It's not to big like alot of other one's out there. I just dont think the "Cowl Hood" is for me though.
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