Anyone have an opinion on the WS6 hood Rockauto sells?
07-01-2011, 08:28 AM
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Anyone have an opinion on the WS6 hood Rockauto sells? Looking to get a WS6-type hood. Rockauto has one that is supposed to be OEMish for a decent price.
Anyone have any experience with their hoods good/bad/indifferent? Understand that I'll have to paint it; wouldn't expect that (for example) I'd have to go with hood pins
Anyone have any experience with their hoods good/bad/indifferent? Understand that I'll have to paint it; wouldn't expect that (for example) I'd have to go with hood pins
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07-08-2011, 09:43 PM
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Yes, it seems to be all fiberglass (but it's got a weird smell; wife says it smells like cat **** but that isn't what it smells like to me). Might be a plastic instead?
Fit, for the most part, is good, but it looks like they got a bit confused at the very front edge:
The detail around the edge of the scoops isn't crisp towards the bottom, and it seems that the front edge is about 3/8" too long (maybe more like 5/8"). Fits pretty good around the headlamps and along the edges; I haven't done all the adjusting I need to do.
Thought I got a full installed pic, but I guess not. Will have to take one tomorrow.
I'll have to do some cleanup at the nose, but it was cheap (392$) and I reckon you get what you pay for.
Edit - looking at other pics of WS6 hoods, is it supposed to extend forward like that and not line up with the bumper?
Fit, for the most part, is good, but it looks like they got a bit confused at the very front edge:
The detail around the edge of the scoops isn't crisp towards the bottom, and it seems that the front edge is about 3/8" too long (maybe more like 5/8"). Fits pretty good around the headlamps and along the edges; I haven't done all the adjusting I need to do.
Thought I got a full installed pic, but I guess not. Will have to take one tomorrow.
I'll have to do some cleanup at the nose, but it was cheap (392$) and I reckon you get what you pay for.
Edit - looking at other pics of WS6 hoods, is it supposed to extend forward like that and not line up with the bumper?
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i have the hood from rock auto on mine very solid i put mine on this spring and then we got snow but it held up strong the smell of cat **** is from the gel coat they used i wondered the same thing and the body guy i took it too said it was the gel coat
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Does anyone know about or have a SS hood from rockauto ? I did some looking around and i see that rockauto is the cheapest ($400) for a hood and i'm sure it's a bolt on not pins. I dont really care if it's steel or fiberglass, as long as it's decent quality. it looks alot better than my stock hood they but on Z28's
