i have a 83 z28 with the originol fiber glass hood, and on the very end of it there is a broken bit, how hard is this to fix? i never really have done any fiberglass work, also i cant really find any info on the fiberglass hoods for these cars, just debates over there exectence. any help would be grealt appreacted.

 

buy a new one fiberglass work= hell

 

I got one for my car that I pulled off an 83 Z in the junkyard. Fiberglass work isn't all that hard, it's just messy and time consuming. For bodywork, I'd recommend using a fiberglass gel. BONDO makes some of it, and it has about the same consistancy as regular filler, but has almost the same strength as regular fiberglass. To repair the crack, just use the regular methods of body repair.

Good luck,
Matt

EDIT: if the chunk missing is on the edge of the hood, you might want to find a way to reinforce the repair with metal strips, so that if you slam the hood the repair doesn't come off.

 

Just to make sure we are talking about the same hood, here's a pic of mine:

 

yep, same hood, i wish the little ram air looming thingeys were real! i was thinking of a way to make them work, but didn't know if it was worth it. any ideas? its not that big of a deal to me to have true ram air, just would be a nice extra. the crack is right on the leadinbg edge in the front, in between the headlight and the middle of the hood. so about a 1/4 of the way in from the middle to the right, if that made any coherent sence at all. lol

 

They were functional on the '82 Z28 'glass hoods... If you want a functional one, go pick up an '82 hood.

Its really not that hard to fix the one you have though.

 

i sent an e-mail to someone on here that hade the working flaps, and i wasgoing to find out how to add them to mine.

 

hey if u ever find out how to rig up the ram air setup let me no, i have been trying to do this all summer but i just dont no how to deal with rain.

 

What i was plannin was to put a switch on it, so if it was ranin i could shut it off......how was it solved in the 82's?

 

in 82 it was hooked up to the carb so when u go WOT it would only open. not sure what they did for the rain though

 

i knew it was only at wot, but there had to be some way to keep it closed or at least have a REALLLLLY good air slowing filter to compleetly get rid of the point of having the thing in the first place. is there any people here with the functioning hood to let us in on the secreet?

 

this is the damage on the hood i want to fix

 

this is the damage on the hood i want to fix

 

I don't have the functional hood, but I do have the regular glass hood from 82. The functional hoods only came on the CFI cars, if I am not mistaken, not the LG4 carbed cars. If you can dig up some info on the CrossFire setup, it may shed some light on how the hoods worked.