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Sep 17, 2008 | 10:03 PM

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de-baffled hood pics

i tried searching but couldn't find much. does anybody have any close up pictures of preferably SS hoods with the baffles taken out? i know it wont be a performance gain but it might look a little better. i just want to see if it looks smooth without baffles or if there are little tabs showing. thanks!

Sep 17, 2008 | 11:29 PM

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Heres mine...

Sep 17, 2008 | 11:34 PM

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did you paint the inside of the scoop?

Sep 17, 2008 | 11:37 PM

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yep, black

Sep 18, 2008 | 12:19 AM

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your car looks awsome, man. were there any tabs to grind off inside the scoop? and how'd you paint the inside?

Sep 18, 2008 | 11:33 AM

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your car looks awsome, man. were there any tabs to grind off inside the scoop? and how'd you paint the inside?

yup, also did the same thing to mine. didnt paint the inside of the scoop. how do u paint the inside?

its easy. i just used a really skinny butterknife and pryed it off

Sep 18, 2008 | 11:35 AM

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the underneath of a stock ss hood also has 4 slim holes. i used a dremel and made 1 huge hole.

dont know if it actually helped or anything

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Sep 18, 2008 | 01:33 PM

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Sep 18, 2008 | 01:38 PM

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looks good, man. any grinding inside the scoop?

Sep 18, 2008 | 02:29 PM

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yea, i doubt it does anything for power, i just think baffled scoops look kind of pointless in a way. so you did have to grind some tabs off in the scoop to make it look smooth?

no tabs to grind. the baffle has the tabs

Sep 18, 2008 | 05:04 PM

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no grinding required, just a flat head to lift the tiny plastic tabs on the scoop insert...2 minute job at the most

Sep 18, 2008 | 05:25 PM

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mycamaroSS your car is gorgeous!!!

Sep 18, 2008 | 05:32 PM

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Here's some of my buddy's SS. His didn't have the baffle when he bought it but there's a sticker behind it from the factory. He ended up getting a baffle for it.

And mines the pretty blue one with the little engine that could.

Sep 18, 2008 | 06:32 PM

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looks better without the baffle IMO

Sep 18, 2008 | 08:06 PM

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Those handcuffs are hilarious... and yes, it looks WAY better without.

Sep 19, 2008 | 09:36 AM

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i took mine out last night. if i would have known it was that easy i wouldn't even have made this thread haha, i though you had to break off the little tabs and not be able to put it back on. i think it looks good, i just need to touch up where the pewter meets the black so it's not so rough on the edge. thanks guys.