what would be easier (hood q)

cbjones26 · Post by **cbjones26** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 4:13 pm

ill get pics soon,

i got a hood off someone one here knowing there was 2 cracks in it,( hood is fiberglass) well some how during shipping the corners got broke off and more cracks, would it be easier to just fix it/repair the hood the best i can or just cut the middle hood scoop part out and mold it to the oem hood?

sidepipe87 · Post by **sidepipe87** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 4:21 pm

sooo how do you plan on fitting that on your car since they cut the headlight area all up? seems like more trouble than it's worth.

Jo-XL · Post by **Jo-XL** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 4:23 pm

I think it's easier to cut out the middle and mold it on the OEM hood.

Ntyvirus1 · Post by **Ntyvirus1** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 4:25 pm

yea, teh corners cracking is the least of your worries wit that hood.

DR. GONZO · Post by **DR. GONZO** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 4:28 pm

ok this is what you need to do

step 1. find dumpster
step 2. place hood in pick up truck
step 3. remove hood from pick up truck
step 4. place hood in dumpster.
step 5. get back in truck and drive home
step 6. open beer and start lookin for a hood that isn't a hunk of shite

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:00 pm

What the hell is that hood for anyway? Not a Neon, that's for sure.

If you are just using the hood for the "scoop", then buy a "scoop" from Summit and mold that in.

http://www.summitracing.com/search/Part ... hood+scoop

LowNSlow · Post by **LowNSlow** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:08 pm

DR. GONZO wrote:ok this is what you need to do

step 1. find dumpster
step 2. place hood in pick up truck
step 3. remove hood from pick up truck
step 4. place hood in dumpster.
step 5. get back in truck and drive home
step 6. open beer and start lookin for a hood that isn't a hunk of shite

I agree...

Mr Josh Zombie · Post by **Mr Josh Zombie** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:28 pm

Please tell me someone just gave that to you and that you didn't actually buy it

Danteneon · Post by **Danteneon** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 5:30 pm

I hope so

DOSneons · Post by **DOSneons** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 7:35 pm

looks like a focus hood

cbjones26 · Post by **cbjones26** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 9:13 pm

that hood is a hood for a 00+ neon, it is from da reaper, it was on his car, the lights where cut for rsx lights, and yes i didnt pay any $$ for it but i am trading a few interior parts, door skins and dash etc for it. but it wasnt this bad in the pics he sent me, this during shipping, there wanst all the the cracks or the broken corners. so idk,

slaw · Post by **slaw** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 9:55 pm

no good

Post by **occasional demons** » Fri Apr 30, 2010 11:02 pm

Shipping hoods/large fragile items = fail, unless they are packed in a wooden crate, with plenty of room inside, and packing that will keep it from contacting the walls of said crate. Then the shipping costs, of said crate = fail.

Even trying to salvage the hump in that hood will be a PITA. A humped hump is never a good thing.

dutch animal · Post by **dutch animal** » Sat May 01, 2010 4:50 am

DR. GONZO wrote:ok this is what you need to do

step 1. find dumpster
step 2. place hood in pick up truck
step 3. remove hood from pick up truck
step 4. place hood in dumpster.
step 5. get back in truck and drive home
step 6. open beer and start lookin for a hood that isn't a hunk of shite

yupss ... he's right on that one , step 6 is the most important btw

Ntyvirus1 · Post by **Ntyvirus1** » Sat May 01, 2010 10:58 am

that's why i thought the hood looked familiar. Id worry more about finishing up the paint on the car and other stuff like that before trying to get a chopped up hood to work.