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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 12:17 PM
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Iroc hood mod

I went to the junkyard and found a Iroc hood with the louvers missing so I bought it and was thinking of doing something different then running around trying to find these plastic louvers.

I was thinking of maybe putting diamond plate there or sheet metal to make it look like a Z28 hood, what are your thoughts on this?

Also here are some pictures of the hood if you could photoshop diamond plate were the plastic louvers go I would appreciate it.





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Old Nov 10, 2007 | 10:50 PM
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Re: Iroc hood mod

that hood would'nt be worth the money spent man.....would have too much bondo on the corner
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Old Nov 11, 2007 | 08:15 PM
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i agree. if you have not bought the hood, save your self the trouble and find another one. the two rear corners are dented along with a dent in the right side. lots of work for a junk yard hood.
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 01:13 PM
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Re: Iroc hood mod

Well I already fixed the passenger side corner dent sticks up a little bit but I can live with it and there is no other dent besides the tiny ones that almost every hood has.

And I already know someone local that might have some louvers that I can buy, and I can not pass this deal up $31 and these hoods are not easy to find that are cheap and local and not rusted or smashed.

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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 05:43 PM
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31 bucks!!!! sounds good to me. hope it works out well for you.
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 09:23 PM
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Re: Iroc hood mod

Originally Posted by irockid86
31 bucks!!!! sounds good to me. hope it works out well for you.
Haha yeah can't go wrong with that price. I already have the hood on the car lines up perfect besides that one corner sticks up 1/2 an inch or so.

I will take a couple pictures tomorrow of the progress.
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Old Nov 12, 2007 | 09:54 PM
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Re: Iroc hood mod

take a shrinking hammer and knock it down.....add body filler
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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 02:33 AM
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Re: Iroc hood mod

Could they really not justify making it an even $30?
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Old Nov 13, 2007 | 04:47 PM
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Re: Iroc hood mod

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Could they really not justify making it an even $30?
It did come to $30 even but sales tax was a $1.95.
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Old Nov 17, 2007 | 09:39 AM
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I decided I am going to try and get some louvers for it instead of ricing it out.
Here is some pics.









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Old Nov 17, 2007 | 11:11 AM
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Re: Iroc hood mod

looks good...

love the driving pic.. haha..
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Old Nov 17, 2007 | 07:52 PM
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Re: Iroc hood mod

It did come to $30 even but sales tax was a $1.95.
So you got it for $31.95.
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Old Nov 18, 2007 | 10:30 AM
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Re: Iroc hood mod

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looks good...

love the driving pic.. haha..
HAHA thanks.

Originally Posted by bradley23150
So you got it for $31.95.
yep.
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Old Nov 24, 2007 | 12:57 AM
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Old Nov 25, 2007 | 06:14 PM
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Re: Iroc hood mod

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