Liberty Fiberglass = teh suck - Third Generation F-Body Message Boards

vwdave · 09-15-2009, 07:09 PM

I bought this hood back in march off of ebay. Their name is "Hoods4sale" on ebay. Now, I called the number listed on ebay and ordered a hood. Shipping was prompt and everything was good.....or so I thought. BTW, in quotes is their ebay ad description. Bold is the points of interest. I deleted the email for some sort of privacy. The number to their business is fair game.

When I recieved the hood, there was some nicks and such, but due to truck shipping, no big deal. The hood was sanded, then test fitted, thats when the problems started. Keep in mind that this car has never been in a front end collision. It was owned by my brother in law and my brother, so I know the total history.

I purchased OEM hood hinges from Ecklers Camaro. When the hood was installed, it hit the hinges and wouldnt lower into position correctly. The hood sat about 1" above the fender line near the hinges. So my bodyman modified the hood so it would sit lower on the hinges. Now it sits correctly. Oh wait.....

Now it hits the rain tray......removed the rain tray. Everythings good right? Nope.....

It hits the fenders in the back badly. The fenders and the hood both had to be modified to fit.

Now the hood works, all the lines are straight, time for paint. They prop the hood up slightly and support it, after they painted it, they tried to move it and the piece of crap nut plates ripped out of the hood. After looking at it, there was NO way it would have held. So he cut the bottom of the hood off and put large plates behind it to hold the hood better. He sets it on the car to let the paint cure in the sun. What the hell is that????

The paint bubbled off the hood!!!! Upon further investigation, the gelcoat is soft. There was air pockets and it popped the paint right off. Some of the holes are as deep as 3/16".

The car is not a heap and the body man knows what hes doing. The car was shot with all PPG products.

I called the company friday only to be told to email the pictures to the owner and his email address is on the site. Only email address I find is to the sales department. So I email them the story and pictures asking it to be forwarded to the owner. I called yesterday morning and they answered....the owner isnt in, call back in 15 minutes. I call 30 minutes later, not there then. After that, they stopped taking my calls. I have called no less than 10 times in the last two days. Before, everytime I called they answered. Now theyre dodging me.

Car painted...(before bubbling started)

Closeup of hood to show the flake.

Paint popped off of hood.....

Cheesy nutplates

As a added bonus, I believe my wipers wont fit with this piece of crap hood.

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Camarslow · 09-16-2009, 03:57 AM

That's some bs right there, when it comes to fiberglass you should always go with the top brands, there's just way too many stories on this site about poor fitting and crappy quality fiberglass parts out there.

vwdave · 09-16-2009, 06:55 AM

Yeah, another lesson I learned, dont buy things like this on your debit card. They only have 60 days to stop payment. Other cards like chase and whatnot have 1 year. :\

Harwood · 09-17-2009, 07:55 PM

Oi! Fiberglass is a tramp when not done correctly. Especially around the nutplates and any other mounting hardware. I feel for ya, VWDave.

KITT1983 · 09-19-2009, 09:05 PM

that sucks dude i hope things turn out for the better

articwhiteZ · 11-04-2009, 06:25 AM

dont see there add up any more..Must have got a diff name

88camaroluvr · 11-17-2009, 02:03 AM

Liberty Fiberglass has a website. I just googled the name. Don't know if its the same company but keep after them.

EDIT: I found a company called "hood4sale" and they have the exact pictures that are on the Liberty Fiberglass website. I wonder if it's all just coincidence.