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Old Jan 4, 2012 | 10:09 AM
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pre 84 hood

does any one know the difference in weight between the pre 84 z28 hoods that were fiberglass and a later steel one?

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Old Jan 4, 2012 | 09:21 PM
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Re: pre 84 hood

I have both hoods, my firgerglass one is off and bare. I could weight it sometime. My steel hood is on a parts car 25 miles away. I'm going to guess the difference is very, very small. The metal hoods are built very light. The glass hoods have some meat to them.
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Old Jan 5, 2012 | 10:25 AM
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Re: pre 84 hood

Thanks, i was doing some reserch and saw those had fiberglass hoods and was wondering if it was a good weight saver
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