2000NavyZ

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exatcly like the title. what is it made of?? metal or fiberglass

jetlag

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Fiberglass plastic composite.

CAMAROZ28SS

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fiberglass

kokingSS

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Fiberglass, Dont Hit N E Thing Cause It Likes To Shatter

2000NavyZ

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good cause i found a local business that sells body parts and they have an oem replica for 160 that is a composite/fiberglass and there is no difference between and oem and this one. i have seen both next to eachother and there is no difference.

02EvilSS

The only difference from the GM OEM is the weight difference from fiberglass aftermarket ones!

8a8mfh

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Except for the fact that it's going to require several hours of block sanding to get a good smooth finish.
Factory hoods are SMC which is pressure molded. One reason auto manufacturers use this procedure is because the part can go straight from the mold to the assembly line with no special work.
The cheap fiberglass hoods are usually hand laid or sprayed into a mold. They're sold aftermarket and require a ton of prep.
The proof would be to take one of these hoods you say are exactly the same and put paint on it with no smoothing. Thats when you'd see a huge difference.

2000NavyZ

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the one i saw was finished and supposedly didnt take any extra prep work. im not doubting you, i can see why you would think that though.

8a8mfh

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Thats cool, I'm not doubting you either. That price just sounds too good to be true.

ICEMAN 31

well it likes to tear alot more than shatter

98Z28MASS

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Hmm Im going to have to agree and say make sure it fights up right and doesnt need a ton of prep work because I went throug that with my suncoast creations SS hood. It is supposed to be one of the better aftermarket hoods out there and my body guy had to do a good amount of work to make it fit right an match the lines of the car. Just be careful and if it looks good go for it as 160 bucks is a steal!

CAMAROZ28AQUINO

dont get cheap aftermarket. get the SLP OEM SS hood. Much better quality, i regret not saving up and getting the SLP one because fibreglass is tough to get straight, i had my hood block sanded three times and its still no where near an OEM ss hood. It will be pretty wavy but will look alright on the car. Also they usually dont line up perfect but you can get them pretty close. Sometimes the hood sticks up at the front on the sides like mine, minor but noticable to me. Also theyre alot more flim-zee-er and you cant even use youre stock hood struts cuz theyre way too strong and will break the hood when u try and close it, also putting force to open the hood when its closed, may cause it too blow open at highway speeds. Im worried about mine blowing over my windshield at highway speeds cuz its so damn flim-zee. But if youre getting it for only 160$ and dont really care about fitment and quality then go for it! thats pretty damn cheap man

loyolacub68

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You have to be careful getting those cheap fiberglass hoods. A friend of mine had one of those and it started to crack near the latch because it was not sufficiently reinforced. I think I'd just save up for something you know will last.

SuncoastPrez

There are a lot of aftermarket hood vendors trying to pass off low quality as first rate. You get what you pay for is very true. After I bought Suncoast Creations, I needed to prove to myself that our Suncoast Hood was actually higher quality than my main competitor. To do this we bought one of their hoods and cut it open to see what the workmanship was really like. When we got the hood we did an external inspection and the hood looked pretty nice. I could be sanded, painted, and installed with great looking results (at least initially). When we cut open the hood to examine the construction we were shocked at the amount of thickness variation. If you hit this hood in the wrong spot with a wrench during installation you could poke right through. We took some measurements and posted the results on the Suncoast Website. We also measured the thickness variation of the two types of hood construction used at Suncoast for comaprison. Here is the graph of the data. The complete writeup is on the Suncoast website.

[IMG]http://www.suncoastramairhoods.com/Thickness%20analysis.pdf[/IMG


Take Care,

SuncoastPrez

SizzlR239

glass

CETA_TransAm

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what do u guys think about the ramairhoods.com hoods there made of plastic and there molded insted of hand laid supose be more like oem type manufactoring of the hoods

u messed a ]

NHRAMAN

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No plastic composite in hood..just Glass.

SparkyJJO

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That goes without saying, regardless of the hood