Paul Bell

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Looks like Trufiber is the winner here.

jlindahl2571

Is the only difference from the trufiber ws6 and ws9 hoods that the ws9 has those ugly heat extractor vents on the side? Also, I see the site says hood pins are required..I'm guessing that is only to cover any damage from using one of these?

Do they ever go on sale? lol.

transambroli

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There are sponsors on here that sell the trufiber ws9 hood for $502 plus $140 shipping it will cost a little more if you get it directly from trufiber. The suncoast hoods only have the rear heat extractors and they cost $100 more if you want them. Trufiber ws6 and ws9 hoods are the same except the ws9 has rear and side heat extractors while the ws6 only has them in the rear. I believe Trufiber ws6 hood is the cheapest good quality hood Ive seen. $585 shipped from ws6 store.
My Trufiber ws9

FlyinBryan007

Any idea how much it runs to paint a hood, on average?

therealcreeper

iTrader: (37)

$3-600ish if it doesn't need much prep work

FlyinBryan007

Thanks.

ryle

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VFN makes IMO a nicer WS9 hood. True they both have the same basic design, but every trufiber hood I have seen has stock height nostrils on the hood, whereas the VFN is the US Exotics Outlaw Style hood which is about 1.5-2" taller than the stock WS6 hood. To each his own, but I like the Outlaw style better because it makes it look more aggressive. The only drawback is that I just bought mine and for me to pick it up it ended up costing ~$670 out the door... That was with a 10% LS1tech member discount

Here are some pics of my Outlaw WS9. Also, Check out The Alchemist's profile for more Outlaw WS9 pics

ryle

iTrader: (19)

Actually VFN will occasionally have a LS1Tech Group Purchase. Last I heard they are about due to have another one so I guess It's a waiting game until they do it again. I couldn't wait and had to buy mine at full price becuase I missed their last group purchase by 2 weeks

yfz

Aftermarket ram air hood is 1700 list price. lol. GM would be even more. I would definately buy used.

ryle

iTrader: (19)

What are u ?

We have said there are several companies that make the aftermarket ram air hoods and none have come close to $1700 list price... I bought mine new from VFN and it was $670 out the door and mine is an upgrade from the standard ram air hood. You can also get the standard WS6 style ram air from them and it's $100 less at ~$570.

Mumbles

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Here is the thread I started when I installed my Suncoast Creations Raptor Hood this past Winter.

https://ls1tech.com/forums/general-l...installed.html

There are multiple pictures of my car and a few of other peoples' Firebirds with the Raptor Hood as well.

Good luck with your decision. There are a lot of wicked looking hoods out there for the 4th Gen Firebird.

theskitztikwon

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the only thing on the oem hood that is not fiberglass is the mounting hardware and grills
i found an oem that was a lil banged up that i have been working on i can tell an aftermarket hood a mile away and im too ocd to buy one

Evil 'Bird

I orded a Trufiber WS6 hood from WS6 store, came with a crack on the front yesterday so i refused it and so i am waiting for a new one , well see how the next one is....

but i saw a couple WS6's parked next to base T/A with aftermarket Ws6 hoods and there is no way u could tell a differance they were exactly the same....
the Trufiber WS6 is differant only in the fact is has heat extractors on the back cowl

believe me i bought a banged up orignal GM Camaro SS hood for my 99 Z...then had it fixed by a good fiberglass guy it costed me $600 ...i was very pissed in the end i didnt just buy a knockoff

transam7777

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WS9 hood all the way. Mine is the 4incher I believe. Going over a tall hill is a little scary the road just disappears

ryle

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Looks like you have the Outlaw version, Very nice! I know what you mean about the road disappearing because it does the same for me. My poor wife can't drive my car anymore because she would need to sit on a few phonebooks to see over the hood (She's not a very tall woman)

transamKB24

ya im gonna buy it from vfn

JLoosh

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I just got an aftermarket ws6 hood from a kid for 375, and he threw in a used water pump...had to drive like 490 miles round trip to get it but owell.

The autobody shop owner Im friends with is going to to the fiberglass work (hood has some cracks and scratches), but he was like hey lets look up gm oem hood prices. He said the non ram air hood from gm ran 1049 or something like that, and a ram air hood was around like 2400 or 2500.

I know this thread is old, but seen that and figured I would throw in what I found out lol.


Def shop around and find used stuff.


btw, he said without prep work he would paint mine for 340....but there is some marks and cracks on the fiberglass on the trunk and spoiler that needed fixed to...so I guess we will see.

metalmechanic

Is the WS-9 Hood an actual optionor is it an aftermarket,, and do WS-6 HOODS HAVE THE HEAT EXTS.

metalmechanic

Im pretty tall and i cant see any ofmy hood.

ryle

iTrader: (19)

The WS9 hood is not a factory option nor was it any type of package offered. US exotics created the WS9 hood as a cross between the WS6 Hood and the Firehawk hood incorporating the best of both worlds. They took the aggressive styling of the WS6 hood nostrils and added the heat extractors from the Firehawk hood as well as made the rear of the hood slighly taller than a factory WS6. Right now there are a few companies that make the WS9 hood but only VFN makes the "Outlaw" WS9 hood and they actually bought the old molds that US exotics had for it.

WS6 hoods did not have heat extractors. The Firehawk hood has a lower nostril design that looks almost like a sleek beak (firebird or base Trans Am hood) and heat extractors.