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OEM is not cheap.....500$ would be a steal....to many claiming OEM when its a fiberglass replica.....no idea on weight.........yes uses same hinges....hawks 3rd gen has air boxes....OEM and repros....price varies...you can use many after market air systems.....volant...KN....your choice
if I was goin with a aftermarket RA hood.....I would go with the carbon fiber one.....seems to be the best replica from what I see.....hawks has it on their site
GM literature states that 44U (Maple Red Metallic) was not available with the WS6 package, as mentioned above. So it might be an OEM hood, but only if it was added after the fact (i.e. it's not OEM to that particular car). But it's been fairly common for folks to add OEM WS6 hoods as a modification over the years, and it does appear to be an OEM hood based on what little detail I can see in the picture above.
$500 is extremely cheap for an OEM version without damage. Great deal, assuming it's represented properly.
you can get honeycomb inserts from hawks....i think they are still available from GM....the dead give away from a fiber hood and OEM is the lines around the grill.....OEM lines are separate and distinct ( read...not molded in ) and under the hood it looks as if the whole snorkel piece can be removed by drilling out the rivets....which I think it can be removed but that piece has never been available separately
GM literature states that 44U (Maple Red Metallic) was not available with the WS6 package, as mentioned above. So it might be an OEM hood, but only if it was added after the fact (i.e. it's not OEM to that particular car). But it's been fairly common for folks to add OEM WS6 hoods as a modification over the years, and it does appear to be an OEM hood based on what little detail I can see in the picture above.
Thank you for this.
Did not hear from the yard today, I sent another email tonight. Will ask this of them about the color.
Maybe it was repainted? They posted pictures 360 degrees of the car, not crashed, and the VIN says it's a Trans Am, will try to find out if it's a WS6 or not!
Just ask for a picture of the SPID (Service Parts Identification) sticker on the driver's door jamb, it contains all the RPOs and would show "WS6" if the car originally was one (but I don't see how, unless it was repainted - which is hard to believe as the engine bay is also clearly 44U).
Alternatively, you could go to any GM dealer parts department and have them run a VIS report on that VIN number. This would also show all the original RPOs. But, again, the GM literature is pretty clear that RPO 44U (Maple Red Metallic) is not available with WS6 package for model year 2000. One of those two RPOs has got to be missing from this car's SPID.
It is in Texas. Is there any way to tell definitively if it's an OEM hood? I'm looking at the driver's side nostril and it sure looks OEM.
If they respond to me, was going to ask to see a pic of where the rectangular opening should be inside the hood with that riveted in part you were talking about.
04-04-2020, 12:45 AM
A few WS6 Hood / Air Box Questions 
