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Old Jan 9, 2004 | 12:42 AM
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Car: 1984 Pontiac Trans Am WS6
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Has anyone ever ordered a hood from american sports car design for their 3rd gen?
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Old Jan 9, 2004 | 08:53 AM
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Car: 1988 Trans Am GTA Notchback
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I'm moving this to the correct board.
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Old Jan 9, 2004 | 03:54 PM
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i have.

it did not ture out so well for me

https://www.thirdgen.org/techbb2/sho...hreadid=209287


what type hood are you looking for?
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Old Jan 9, 2004 | 11:20 PM
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Car: 1984 Pontiac Trans Am WS6
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I am just looking for a real nice quality hood that will fit well. My original hood is quite rusty and I am not a big fan of unsymetrical hoods. So I really have no prefrence on style, way it connects to the car or price.
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Old Jan 10, 2004 | 05:38 PM
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i think harwood is the best plastic hood but from what i've seen none are as good as gm for fit.
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Old Jan 11, 2004 | 01:00 AM
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If harwood makes the best plastic hoods for our cars, then why does it seem so many people have problems with them. Is that because I have only seen a a small number of testimonials or is it true? Also where would you go about getting a GM hood?
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Old Jan 11, 2004 | 07:58 AM
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if i were looking for a gm hood i'd try gm parts, or a scrap yard.
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Old Jan 11, 2004 | 05:37 PM
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my ascd hood fit good. some other people have had fitment issues. i personally have had heard more praises towards ascd then complaints
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Old Jan 11, 2004 | 10:45 PM
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If i was to go to a junk yard to look for a hood, would any third gen bird hood fit right? Are the only differences the hood styles?
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Old Jan 12, 2004 | 12:44 PM
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If i was to go to a junk yard to look for a hood, would any third gen bird hood fit right? Are the only differences the hood styles?
I have two Z28's. One is an 84 and the other an 85. I put an 86 hood on the 84 and it hangs over a little. Same with the back hatch. It doesnt quite fit perfect but they do work. I had to swap the hood latch for an 86 one.
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 02:03 PM
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I bought an ASCD Big Block hood and it fits pretty well on my 91 Z28.... Love the way it looks and I've gotten a lot of compliments. I ordered mine from Computer Nerds in Danville, CA.
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Old Jan 24, 2004 | 09:14 PM
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Originally posted by CaptPicardsZ28
I have two Z28's. One is an 84 and the other an 85. I put an 86 hood on the 84 and it hangs over a little. Same with the back hatch. It doesnt quite fit perfect but they do work. I had to swap the hood latch for an 86 one.


the hood could have been warped or damaged in some way. ive never had any fitting issues with hood swaps from stock cars. you realize once you take the hood off you have to align it again to your car. some people dont realize this.
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