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Old 06-15-2012, 07:39 PM
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Look for the best place and price for a ram air hood looking for either fiber glass one or I would be happy with a oem hood anyone have one or know where to look for the best deal
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Trufiber gets my vote
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craigslist is where i got mine. OEM for 350$
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OEM were fiberglass.


There hard to find. And they go pretty quick once someone posts it forsale. Your just gonna have to search ebay, on here, craigslist, go to car shows and ask around or know the right people.

and keep a lot of $$$$$ in your pocket
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got one in red. predator style from suncoast.
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I thought the hoods were Urathane? I have seen a couple on ebay recently, one for 1k and the other was 1200... They both were selling the air box and all. To much money for me, i want to buy one real bad!!! The fiberglass one i bought NEVER fits corectly. I want to paint my car now, but i need the correct hood first! Good luck they are not easy to find!! But if u find one let me know if theres another somewhere. Thanks
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try to find one locally also. frieght isnt cheap on those through ups or anyone. However when I found rear spoiler......UPS wanted 300 buck if you were a member and 600 otherwise. But he was close to grayhound hub and I was also and got it 2 days later across county for 80 bucks
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Originally Posted by SnakeKilla
got one in red. predator style from suncoast.
Pm sent
Old 06-16-2012, 11:32 AM
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i just bought a harwood ws6 one this week so ill let you know how it goes.. it was about 600.
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Originally Posted by Ninety Four Pontiac
OEM were fiberglass.


There hard to find. And they go pretty quick once someone posts it forsale. Your just gonna have to search ebay, on here, craigslist, go to car shows and ask around or know the right people.

and keep a lot of $$$$$ in your pocket
No they were not fiberglass. they were made out of composite material.
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If you like the predator style hoods the best one I have found is this one:

http://www.e-bodyparts.com/Car-Hoods...es/TFBH-94.htm

It looks the closest to the old VFN Warbird hood that is no longer made.
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Yeah the last one posted is by far the nicest hood out there. I personally have a oem ws6 hood on my 94 and a Us Exotics Warbird hood on my 95. That one is almost identical to the Warbird and i way prefer it over the oem ws6 hood. The fitment isnt as nice as oem but the look it gives is hands down worth it!

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^^^ thats a good looking hood.
I dont suppose youre looking to sell one?? LOL

I have been searching for one locally to no avail.
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True Fiber 537.00 shipped to my door (have to have factory box to function) =
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I saw an OEM one on ebay about a month and a half ago for 250, so i snatched it right up.
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I have a Suncoast Creations Predator hood and I honestly would not recommend it. It doesn't look horrible but if fits like absolute crap no matter what I do and not to mention the fiberglass work is mediocre at best. Had bumps and imperfections everywhere that needed tons of work before paint was possible. Also had to use spacers on the factory hood bolts because they are to long and poked holes in the hood the second I put it on....My buddy has a SS replica hood from them also and it's just as shitty and that was put on the the car back in 1997, I bought mine in 2009 so it's obvious their quality still sucks.
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i thought suncoast had a 100% guaranteed fit? I do know to get that, you had to ship that hood to a body shop and have them do it
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Originally Posted by pillarpod
i thought suncoast had a 100% guaranteed fit? I do know to get that, you had to ship that hood to a body shop and have them do it
I'm not sure but it just fits like crap on my car. My front end has never been wrecked so it's not the car. It's mostly in the headlight area, the area behind the drivers headlight cover sits about a 1/4" higher than the other side and doesn't quite follow the body line. The whole front area behind the bumper sticks up a 1/2" above the bumper, had to put a spacer in between the bumper and the support to make up for it.

I realize they will always have imperfections but damn, I mean I paid $1,100 for this damn thing with that Ram-Air box and I expected better than what I got.
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I searched allofcraigslist & found a few Dunno if theyll ship You can get a pin on for around 315 + shipping & use 2 sets of the locking hood pins That way if you run nitrous you can say Oh I left the keys at the shop lol I was gonna go that route till I found a mustang nut that was partin a formula Got my hood for 100 bucks & a dash with no cracks for 20 lol Damn near Stole that ****
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composites are made of fibers, sometimes fiberglass.


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