Bowtie Boy

A while back I bought a Camaro SS hood, I got it and it fit, but the hood was a little off, the back corners near the windsheild were raised up a little and werent flush, im sure it was something I did wrong during installation and didnt mind it that much I just wanted to get it on. The sides of the hood were also raised up a little. I am taking it back off to get the fitment right tomorrow.

My question is can fiberglass hoods bend and stay bent? Or would it just crack and or break, I just dont want the hood have being put on wrong caused it to bend then ill be pissed.

Also I reused the hood struts from my original Z28, would this be stronger then the SS struts?

zlover129

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fiberglass has a little bit of tolerance, on my hood i had the car sit outside for a little bit and get warm, then i set a bit of weight on the part that was sitting high (ofcourse with a cloth between it and the weight) not too much, it helped the hood settle a little bit. You can get some settling out of it but not too much

slagger

iTrader: (1)

I'm not sure but I wonder if a heat gun will help?
maybe heat it up as you bend it and then let it cool down the way you want.

Bowtie Boy

yeah, im taking it off tomorrow and putting on a floor to see if it wobbles or not hopefully its just how i put the hood on