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Old Jun 24, 2005 | 08:36 AM
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I just bought a 99 T/A and it has a WS6 hood but is not a WS6 car. The hod was bought off another car and is fiberglass. Are the factory WS6 hood steel or fiberglass? thx in advance.
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Factory hoods are fiberglass.
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i want to say steel but i am not sure on this one. all the aftermarket WS6 hoods i have seen have been fiberglass so i would lean towards saying u have an aftermarket one.
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Yeah WS6 hood = fiberglass
normal hood = steel
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Ricrh8rm where did you get your avatar? That is really cool.
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So it looks like factory WS6 hoods are fiberglass. Thx for your imput guys.
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