z28 hoods?
07-19-2010, 09:51 PM
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Car: 1986 camaro Sports Coupe
Engine: L31 350
Transmission: 89 700R4
Axle/Gears: 3.42 gov lock
z28 hoods?
Did GM ever make a steel z28 hood? i have a fiberglass hood on my 86 now but its cracked and getting worse so i want to get a steel hood. any info? or is fiberglass my only replacment.
07-20-2010, 08:20 AM
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Car: 1986 SC based 82-84 Z28 replica
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Re: z28 hoods?
07-20-2010, 09:38 AM
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Re: z28 hoods?
Well, if you cound ALL thirdgen Z28 hoods, all three styles together (inlet, louver, blister) then yes.
But if it's just the first style, the 82-84 inlet hood (which is what's on the car in OP's avatar), then most were fiberglass...
But if it's just the first style, the 82-84 inlet hood (which is what's on the car in OP's avatar), then most were fiberglass...
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07-20-2010, 09:57 AM
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Car: 1986 SC based 82-84 Z28 replica
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Re: z28 hoods?
It definitely wasn't original on an 86. Seems it's an 86 Sport Coupe, these had the plain flat steel hoods. Any cheap, common RS hood would be correct for that car. Heck, mine started as a near-identical 86 SC, as well...
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07-20-2010, 10:02 AM
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Car: 1986 camaro Sports Coupe
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Axle/Gears: 3.42 gov lock
Re: z28 hoods?
The hood isnt factory, so my only choice is to get a fiberglass hood i take it? unless i find an iroc hood, i believe those were steel?
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07-20-2010, 10:15 AM
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Re: z28 hoods?
Like I said, the original was a flat (no inlets, no louvers, no anything) steel hood, like the most common one you see on those thousands of RSes out there. Very easy to find. This is the 'correct' type if you want your car to look original.
If you don't care about original, you can put any hood you want on it. 82-84 Z28 hood, either fiberglass or steel, 85-onwards steel Z8/Iroc hood with plastic louvers, or any of the countless aftermarket hoods with vents, cowls, bulges... anything you can think of.
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Car: 1986 camaro Sports Coupe
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Re: z28 hoods?
i have a 90 RS and i hate that hood, the inlet hood has grown on me so im gonna replace it, any one know where i can pick one up besides a jy?
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