what hood is this? garyhowell? please chime in

dawm · Post by **dawm** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:32 pm

picture stolen from howellautomotive

its a power bulge 2g hood, just like the good ole 1g dohc hoods.. does it exist for sale?

weber · Post by **weber** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 9:39 pm

i don't like to bash anything , but DAMN THATS AN UGLY FRONT FASCIA!!!

dawm · Post by **dawm** » Fri Apr 29, 2005 10:43 pm

weber wrote:i don't like to bash anything , but DAMN THATS AN UGLY FRONT FASCIA!!!

yah

J-Villa · Post by **J-Villa** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 12:03 am

lol i actually kinda like it little bit...i wouldn't want it...but it's diff.

sxt · Post by **sxt** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 1:08 am

I think that fascia is actually pretty cool.

evlneon · Post by **evlneon** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 1:23 am

the hood was a custom one-off howell did for their sema show car. it has been discussed elsewhere on 2gn. do a search.

kevo · Post by **kevo** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:26 am

looks like the old 300 fascia

GaryHowell · Post by **GaryHowell** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 9:44 am

dawm wrote:
picture stolen from howellautomotive

its a power bulge 2g hood, just like the good ole 1g dohc hoods.. does it exist for sale?

We are probably going to build it. We have gotten a lot of request for it.

weber wrote:i don't like to bash anything , but DAMN THATS AN UGLY FRONT FASCIA!!!

You must like to or you wouldn't have bashed it. Fortunately for myself and my company few people agree with you.

Maybe you should post a pick of your car, so I can give you my comment on it.

weber · Post by **weber** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 7:59 pm

weber wrote:i don't like to bash anything , but DAMN THATS AN UGLY FRONT FASCIA!!!

You must like to or you wouldn't have bashed it. Fortunately for myself and my company few people agree with you.

Maybe you should post a pick of your car, so I can give you my comment on it.

Go ahead and bash my car all you want. If you do your just trashing on neons cuz it looks stock!

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Oh and I am allowed to give my 2 cents. Im not saying nobody is going to buy it, i just think think it doesn't fit the neon very well.

GaryHowell · Post by **GaryHowell** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:02 pm

weber wrote:
weber wrote:i don't like to bash anything , but DAMN THATS AN UGLY FRONT FASCIA!!!

You must like to or you wouldn't have bashed it. Fortunately for myself and my company few people agree with you.

Maybe you should post a pick of your car, so I can give you my comment on it.
Go ahead and bash my car all you want. If you do your just trashing on neons cuz it looks stock!

Oh and I am allowed to give my 2 cents. Im not saying nobody is going to buy it, i just think think it doesn't fit the neon very well.[/quote]

Why would I bash your car? I just wanted to see a picture of it.

weber · Post by **weber** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 8:21 pm

good , i didn't want to get into an argument with you. i've always supported your products on my 1g.

Now i just gotta kiss your ass and get a 2k2 PCM

dawm · Post by **dawm** » Sat Apr 30, 2005 10:20 pm

your car looks crooked, like one of them cars in that subaru commercial

weber · Post by **weber** » Sun May 01, 2005 3:46 pm

back on topic now, that hood is very sweet, I miss the power bulge hood.

git'er done gary. I'll buy one.

Baal · Post by **Baal** » Sun May 01, 2005 4:11 pm

does that bulge have a purpouse? o_oa

evlneon · Post by **evlneon** » Sun May 01, 2005 4:31 pm

Baal wrote:does that bulge have a purpouse? o_oa

it would *probably* allow you to fit a DOHC engine without having to modify the bracing of a flat hood.

edit: or not. see below.

GaryHowell · Post by **GaryHowell** » Sun May 01, 2005 7:25 pm

Baal wrote:does that bulge have a purpouse? o_oa

Pure looks. That bulge is grafted directly onto a stock hood, none of the orginal hood was removed. The car is an engine swap and has a DOHC engine in it, and it fits under the stock hood.

It other words, if you want to put a DOHC engine in your 2nd gen, then you don't need to change the hood.

sxt · Post by **sxt** » Mon May 02, 2005 12:18 am

I think if you put that hood into production you would sell alot of them. I know I would like a power bulge hood.

titansxt · Post by **titansxt** » Mon May 02, 2005 1:39 am

As I have said before, the fascia look like a prototype srt-4 fascia with the "cross" taken out and the billet grill put in, with a huge lip. Am I right?

GaryHowell · Post by **GaryHowell** » Mon May 02, 2005 9:09 am

titansxt wrote:As I have said before, the fascia look like a prototype srt-4 fascia with the "cross" taken out and the billet grill put in, with a huge lip. Am I right?

We make the fiberglass parts for DCX's SRT-4 drag team (Darrell Cox Racing), and some of the parts for the SRT-4 Ralley car. We took one of those noses and highly modified it. Changed the hood line to work with a standard hood, lowered the lip a little bit, and modified it to accept a 2004 Sebring grille.

sxt · Post by **sxt** » Tue May 03, 2005 1:08 am

I think that front is pure pimpness. If I was into body kits I would probably get that.

Frizbe · Post by **Frizbe** » Tue May 03, 2005 1:12 am

GaryHowell wrote:Pure looks. That bulge is grafted directly onto a stock hood, none of the orginal hood was removed.

so will you sell the whole hood or just a fiberglass peice so we can graft it on ourselves?

GaryHowell · Post by **GaryHowell** » Tue May 03, 2005 9:35 am

linkinevo wrote:
GaryHowell wrote:Pure looks. That bulge is grafted directly onto a stock hood, none of the orginal hood was removed.
so will you sell the whole hood or just a fiberglass peice so we can graft it on ourselves?

We will be selling the complete fiberglass hood.