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Posted: Mon Apr 12, 2010 11:20 pm
by occasional demons
It was amusing at the time, too. That thing prolly went 30 feet in the air. It took some time to finally see it in the rear view mirror.
I went back, slapped it back on, and slowly drove back home, and chained the thing to the bumper. It wasn't like it hurt the looks too much. The good ole days when you could get a beater for $75, and drive it for over a year. Meh, it got me by. It was the best running beast ever for the money. Little did I know at the time, the previous owner had raced VW's and dropped one of his extra engines in it to trade it in. It was in such bad shape, the dealer I worked for sold it to me cheap, just so they didn't have to deal with having it towed away.
That thing would burn rubber rolling at 40 mph.
Prolly one of the cars I'm lucky to have not killed myself in.
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 12:15 pm
by sirvaliant_98
just get a aar cuda hood from howell. I had one on my old 2gn and it kept the bay a lot cooler than the stock hood.
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 2:22 pm
by sidepipe87
^ IMO They're overpriced for the quality of them.
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 7:53 pm
by theColonel
neonslg09 wrote:Don't cut a hole man, Hood tilt, or srt-4 hood are pretty much the only options.
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Jeg's and others sell metal and fiberglass hood scoops that can be bolted, epoxied, or (in the case of metal scoops) welded to your
stock hood. I bought a fiberglass hood scoop and bolted it to my 99 Neon R/T hood over 3 years ago, and it still looks good.
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:40 pm
by hansken_yo
laneholt wrote:neonslg09 wrote:Don't cut a hole man, Hood tilt, or srt-4 hood are pretty much the only options.
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Jeg's and others sell metal and fiberglass hood scoops that can be bolted, epoxied, or (in the case of metal scoops) welded to your
stock hood. I bought a fiberglass hood scoop and bolted it to my 99 Neon R/T hood over 3 years ago, and it still looks good.
Welding to the hood causes massive warping. It can't handle the heat.
Posted: Thu Apr 15, 2010 8:52 pm
by INVUJerry
I say remove the weather stripping, and see how it does then first.
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 12:08 am
by sirvaliant_98
sidepipe87 wrote:^ IMO They're overpriced for the quality of them.
has their quality gone down? I got mine about 8 or 9 years ago from howell and it was pretty well built. also new a guy that got one for his 1st gen and it was built just as well. On a side not though we did get another hood from them bout 5 years ago, dont remember the style cuz it wasnt a cuda and it did seem pretty flimsly built.
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 1:11 am
by sidepipe87
Well Brodie (Supertrick_05) had one and I know the quality left a little to be desired. The underside was unfinished and the scoop looked out of place and didn't follow the contours of the hood at all. I believe he had trouble dealing with Howell in general too.
Posted: Fri Apr 16, 2010 2:08 am
by stdlystdmufn
who hasn't had problems dealing with howell
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 1:43 pm
by DoubtedNeon
i wont deal with them. i dont understand why people give that douche money
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:15 pm
by DoubtedNeon
I found a srt hood. now im stylin.
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 2:58 pm
by theColonel
DoubtedNeon wrote:I found a srt hood. now im stylin.
Congratulations ... now look for an SRT-4 front bumper
Posted: Wed Apr 21, 2010 3:24 pm
by DoubtedNeon
fact.
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 2:45 am
by screaming03neon
a srt-d bumper would look better
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 9:06 am
by theColonel
screaming03neon wrote:a srt-d bumper would look better
they're very hard to find
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 11:45 am
by DoubtedNeon
i like the srt4 bumpers way WAY more. they just look more full.
Posted: Thu Apr 22, 2010 12:19 pm
by occasional demons
Meh, it just comes down to preference. I am not too big on either.
Posted: Fri Apr 23, 2010 9:19 am
by vielecustoms
hansken_yo wrote:laneholt wrote:neonslg09 wrote:Don't cut a hole man, Hood tilt, or srt-4 hood are pretty much the only options.
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Jeg's and others sell metal and fiberglass hood scoops that can be bolted, epoxied, or (in the case of metal scoops) welded to your
stock hood. I bought a fiberglass hood scoop and bolted it to my 99 Neon R/T hood over 3 years ago, and it still looks good.
Welding to the hood causes massive warping. It can't handle the heat.
not if done correctly... but that goes for any body work.