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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 12:12 AM
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modified daytona hood what do you guys think?

ok heres the deal, i have a daytona turbo hood that im going to be putting on my IROC pretty soon, the 4 holes in the sides of the hood are not cut open and i was thinking of filling these in . i did a quick photoshop in the pic below , what do you guys think ?

should i do this mod or not?
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 02:51 AM
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I had that hood on my 84Z28, thought it looked better with out the holes, so never cut them in, didnt want to mess up a new hood if I didnt like it. Either find another car that has em cut out, or put pieces of black paper on the hood to "mock" the holes and stand back, LOL.
IMHO I think they look better un-cut, but then again that was with an 84, diff nose and GFX...
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 07:11 AM
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Personally I dont like the holes either.
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 09:24 AM
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I don't like that hood, but I think it would look a lot better if you filled the holes in.
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 09:28 AM
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I have always HATED that hood.
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 12:50 PM
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same thoughts as CustomX
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 03:16 PM
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Anyone have a pic of a mild cowl hood with the 91-92 hood blisters installed? That might look cool!
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 09:38 PM
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Well I'm going to be different and say that I do like the holes open.
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 11:57 PM
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thanks for everones thoughts and opinions,
The hood i have has the recessed area for the holes but they are not cut out, im probably gonna fill them in so that it is more like a cowl hood with louvers (see above pic), i was also thinkin it would look cool to cut out one large rectangle to replace the four holes and put a billet grille in the opening , ill try to photoshop it so you can see what im talkin about better.
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Old Jun 12, 2003 | 05:12 AM
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Cutting it all out might mess up the structural(sp) integrity of the hood, make sure you re-inforce it if you do go that route, or you might have a pancake hood after a while
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