My Camaro w/ L88 hood
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Car: 91 Camaro RS 383
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My Camaro w/ L88 hood
Since I finally got some good pics of the car I figured I would post some of them. I still have to resize some so this is a test to see how they look on the site.[IMG][/IMG]
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Car: 1992 Camaro RS
Engine: L03
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Originally Posted by 91rsowner4life
nice car is that a real production hood or did you try to copy the japanese hood?
It's a copy of the L88 big block hoods on some of the C3 Corvettes. (Chevy figured it out a long while before the Japs did)
It looks pretty damn good. Any plans on selling some?
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Car: 91 Camaro RS 383
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The hood is actually made by VFN fiberglass out of Addison, IL. The hood was $408 when I got it a year ago... Still haven't got around to painting it.
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Wow! that looks awesome.
I love the blue and the rims, and be sure to post more pics when the hood gets painted.
I love the blue and the rims, and be sure to post more pics when the hood gets painted.
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Car: 88 camaro
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custom l88 hood
im in the process of fabricating an L88 hood right now, got it glued on with "LORD FUSOR" today gonna mould it on tomarrow, heres some pics
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Car: 91 Camaro RS 383
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Originally Posted by mw66nova
wow, it's cool...but big...
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That is sweet!! I should have got one of them for my car!! Nadcamaro what kind of wheels do you have on it??
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i'm gonna reserve judgement until i see it with paint. imho, right now the hood looks almost too big for the car. i'll probably drool when i see it with paint, but i def think a 5" spoiler would help even out the car.
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Originally Posted by Black85sport
I like it. What rims are you running?
Heres a link:
ROH Snypers
This is just a site I found them on. $209 a wheel for 17 X 8. Probably going to get me a set. They are sexy.
DH
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Car: 91 Camaro RS 383
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The rims are 16x8 ROH's. Right now I'm in college so I don't get to work on the car, but this summer the hood should be painted and the Hawks 5" spoiler has already been on the list of things to do. Next I need a set of Welds so I can put some ET Street Radials on for the track.
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Car: 1987 Camaro SC, 1999 Z28
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Axle/Gears: 3.42 Eaton 7.625, 3.42 Zexel Torsen
looks good! too much for me though, but i like it!
paint that sucker.
paint that sucker.
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Car: 1989 GTA
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i love the side shot, it looks very aggresive. could somebody photochop that hood onto a 89 gta, if anybody can i would love a front and side view, thanks
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Just think of what it is going to look like after paint!! I still like this hood more than the ram air one I have on my car!! Good job on seletion!!! You got something that most of us do not have yet!!!
Anyone want to buy a ram air hood??? I want on of these!!
Anyone want to buy a ram air hood??? I want on of these!!
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Car: 1989 GTA
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anybody? I would really apprecitate it if somebody could photochop the L-88 hood onto a 89gta for me.
Thanks: Rusty
Thanks: Rusty
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the hood looks awesome. Where about did you come across with that l88 hood? how much was that hood?
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love the hood and the snypers, im getting some as soon as I get some money
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Originally Posted by lil_grover
anybody? I would really apprecitate it if somebody could photochop the L-88 hood onto a 89gta for me.
Thanks: Rusty
Thanks: Rusty
For others I bought this hood from VFN Fiberglass and it was $408 without shipping. I believe I was one of the first buyers for the hood becuase they couldn't even show me a picture of the hood. So I bought it without knowing how it would look. Most people either hate it or love it. Hopefully this summer I can prep it for paint and finally get it painted. It took some work for it to fit like it does and still needs some more to be perfect. But being at college 5 hours from home and the car its hard to get work done on it. Money is also tight. I'm sure most can relate to the money and time part. Thanks everybody.
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Car: 1990 iroc z
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might i suggest when u do paint maybe put the ring stripe on your car silver,black, or white, i think it would awesome but that is just my opinion.
this hood is a little different than yours cause it baldwin motion gt
this hood is a little different than yours cause it baldwin motion gt
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I had thought about doing something like that on the hood just so it wasn't all one solid color. Stuff like that does make it look a lot better.. I just dont know what color I would go with.
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Just wondering if you ever got it painted. That is the hood im wanting to go with, but I am having trouble photoshopping the picture that you have now.
Another question, did you have any fitament issues?
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Another question, did you have any fitament issues?
Thanks
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They're a beautiful hood on a 3rd gen. It was a choice between that, a Big Block 'Stinger' hood, or the Twin Turbo hood....I opted with the TT hood as it wasnt as...'big' but it was a hard choice. Beautiful hood man, get some paint on that thing
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i like it alot, its different than the norm. i LOVE those wheels on third gen camaros. put a hawks 5in on that thing and get the hood painted quck!
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did you need that big of a hood scoop to clear your air filter?? is it a functioning scoop ?? did you run into a/f clearance problems with the previous hood ????
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As for painting the hood, will be spring/summer 07 till I get it done. The hood did have some fitment issues and will need some work done to it but most hoods do anyways.
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That hood looks awesome!! I have the L88 on my 78' Z I think it is the best looking hood ever. Paint it gloss black, do not leave it flat. But If I were you I would paint it blue and put white or silver stripes on it.
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i think the hood looks cool. but not my personal choice. i like the factory iroc z28 hoods and cowl hoods. motor is very nice. the blue is my favorite color. do agree with xpndbl3 if you replace the rubber it will add nice detail to the engine bay. also i think a set of red wires would look nice as well. good job so far.
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Car: 91 Camaro RS 383
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Yeah I know about the rubber hose Steve, it's been on my to do list for a while but I just haven't found time latley with school.