looking for opinions on what people think is the best looking hood to go on an 88 GTA.

 

Personally im a fan of the Ram air II hood, but me and my dad molded a cowl to a stock trans am hood with the vents and i absolutely love it

 

im a fan of cowl hoods, nothing crazy, but around a 4 inch is nice.

 

ive got an ls1, dont need 4"'s of cowl lol.

i like the look of the harwood ones.

there is a local guy around me selling a ram air 2 hood for 250.

 

yeah harwood ones are great looking. cowl, and ram air 2's are my top 2

 

^this one

 

ive got a side buldge and trans am hood, i do like the sleek look of the side buldge.

 

That Trans Am hood with the cowl is gorgeous it matches the car suprsingly well.

 

Thanks for the compliments guys. If you have any ?'s on how its done check out my thread

 

Firechicken76 our usernames are eerily close! I just had to point that out moving back onto topic, I'm definitely for the stock trans am hood and the the power bulge behind that. Never really been a fan of cowl hoods

 

Ok, im trying to decide on either the gta hood or the formula hood, i have both. im painting the car black, and here is a good idea of what it would look like with black paint.

Here is what it looks like now.


what it would look like painted black with the other hood.

 

Since im going with a black/gold theme, how does this look on the hood?
maybe customize the side that says 5.0 HO, to 5.7 Ls1

 

Looks Mean for Sure! Cheers

 

i think ive got what im gonna do, black paint, formula hood, 84 hood decal, 4th gen spoiler, lowered an inch, tinted windows, prc 5.3 stage 2.5 heads, and ms3 cam.

 

i just dont think the ram air hood flows with the body lines, it looks good on a 4th gen, but not as good on a third gen.

 

To each thier own. I still have the original hood and going to keep it just incase i want to switch back to that look. Going to get her painted candy apple red but keep the grey ground effects. Myself I don't think the 4th gen spoiler looks good. That's just my opinion. Cheers...

 

If gold and black is your theme, then I would say without a doubt to go for it. Looks sleek and sexy

 

I've always really liked the harwood 3" cowl. Which is why I put it on my GTA! I also plan on doing a HSR swap and that extra clearance is going to be nice

 

damn, that does look good. nice!

 

Thank you! To be 100% honest, when I was considering which hood to get (bought car wrecked in the front, hood was smashed) a lot of people told me not to get the cowl... Sometimes you just have to go with whatever you feel fits your car the best. I really like how mine turned out, and even some of the people who told me not to get it have admitted that they like the look!

 

As of now the poll shows the stock Trans am hood in the lead. This is my fave followed by the small cowl, then the side bulge.

Never liked the Ram air on this body style. Absolutely love it on 4th gens though. Just doesn't fit the rest of the 3rd gen styling IMHO.

But to each his own! If you love it then drive it!

 

I say stock T/A hood or like a 3" cowl, never been a fan of the Ram Air hoods on the 3rd gens. The side bulge is kinda sweet as well.

 

Just got my formula hood home, im going to test fit it today. I just also picked up 2500 for selling a car part. soooo looks like i can do paint, body, and a couple go fast parts