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Old Jun 7, 2003 | 09:27 PM
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my custom made hood look now!!

this is a hood i made from 2 z28 hoods let me know what you think
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Old Jun 7, 2003 | 09:29 PM
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Old Jun 7, 2003 | 09:30 PM
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Old Jun 7, 2003 | 09:31 PM
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Old Jun 7, 2003 | 09:33 PM
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Old Jun 7, 2003 | 09:34 PM
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Old Jun 7, 2003 | 09:43 PM
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Interesting concept... Hmmmm
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Old Jun 7, 2003 | 09:54 PM
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looks good for a "custom" hood, and I can honestly say I couldn't do a better job,

although I would've opted to cut out the entire back of the buldges and use a wire mesh....instead of cutting multiple circles...but looks good as is
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 07:37 AM
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thats pretty cool, do you have any pics of the car from the front
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 09:59 AM
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Nice work!
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 01:41 PM
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wow thats a great looking job, well done.
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 01:55 PM
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Hmm.. I'm not sure if I like it or not. It sure is different, and not in a bad way. Any pics of it from straight on in yellow?
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 04:26 PM
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final product looks excellent....
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 04:27 PM
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Now thats a job well done. Congrats to the result.
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 04:51 PM
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i like it, get soime more pics please. i really wanna see one of the whole car.
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 06:05 PM
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Kick *** and take names man... thats pretty bad ***.
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 06:11 PM
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wow... that looks nice and it fits the body lines.... great job


the only thing i would have done diffrently would be to cut out the whole back rectangle instead of the circles.... but it still looks nice
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 10:09 PM
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i didnt cut out the backside completly because of strength i will post more pics the as soon as i take more in a lower quality the site wont let post the others
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 10:11 PM
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 10:14 PM
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looks awesome, but i agree that you should've cut out the backs of the scoops completely and put a mesh grill, but it still looking fooking awesome, especially since you made it yourself.
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Old Jun 8, 2003 | 10:21 PM
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thanks glad everybody likes it buy the way the car has yellow flames on the red cant post pic yet
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Old Jun 9, 2003 | 04:48 PM
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Old Jun 9, 2003 | 05:02 PM
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Old Jun 9, 2003 | 05:47 PM
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sweet:hail: :hail:

do you have any pics on how you built it


i love the way it flows with the body lines
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Old Jun 9, 2003 | 08:55 PM
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i do have pics but on film i have to scan them i will try to do that soon if your really intrested
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Old Jun 10, 2003 | 09:41 AM
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not to be a jerk or ne thing, but what is with people spraying their car and not coving up the wheel wells...HELLO. they are supposed to be black and it could just let more dirt into the paint.
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Old Jun 10, 2003 | 10:56 AM
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Dude that's awesome... nice work man...
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Old Jun 10, 2003 | 11:33 AM
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I dont care to much for the flames, but I totally dig the hood! Good job! You may want to add screens to the circle openings in the scoops for added appearance, but it turned out bada$$ none the less!
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Old Jun 10, 2003 | 06:01 PM
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Are you planning on putting guages in the circles? I've seen people cut those holes and put guages in them and it loks sweet. Good job man.

Steve
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Old Jun 10, 2003 | 06:16 PM
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Yeah, hate the flames, but the rest looks great. Perhaps if there was more of a 3D effect to the flames, or something..

It's too flat.
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Old Jun 10, 2003 | 06:48 PM
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its def. different , good work , the job looks pretty good, and by the way , what made you do the hood that way instead of doing something else.
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Old Jun 10, 2003 | 08:33 PM
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not to be a jerk or ne thing, but what is with people spraying their car and not coving up the wheel wells...HELLO. they are supposed to be black and it could just let more dirt into the paint.
Um, if you look close, he took the plastic pieces out so he didn't have to waste his time masking it off.

As with any color change, you should pull off the plastic in the wheel wells, pull up the carpet, paint the engine bay....it just looks cruddy when people go cheap on color changes.

The hood looks good in my opinion. The flames are too skinny and could of used more pizazz (is that even a word?). But, I'm sure the car will look stunning when it's finished.
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 02:32 PM
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:hail: Score points for being original!!!

I have NEVER seen a hood like that, big points. I like the idea, I like the flames!!!

My gut tells me that those pics do not do your car justice.... Any other pics (perhaps outside)???

Sweet custom job!!! :hail:
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Old Jun 11, 2003 | 05:26 PM
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I think you should get rid of those holes or something cause there the only think I dont like about the hood. I would go with like some sory of horizontal grille in them after cutting it out. Look at my lil pic i attached and it will tell you what I'm think that u should do. But anyways *** job!
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Old Jun 13, 2003 | 07:06 PM
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Just my 2 cents, but I think that took some serious talent and you should be impressed with your work. I am.
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Old Jun 14, 2003 | 01:57 AM
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Different!
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Old Jun 14, 2003 | 09:23 AM
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great job customizing, looks good. I also say the holes are it's biggest downfall.
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