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Old May 23, 2021 | 02:07 PM
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Hood bulge

Hi everyone ,i have a quastion about a firebird/trans am Hood ,
i have a base Hood with no louvers or power bulge ,i want to make a power bulge with fiberglass (like knight rider or smokey and THE bandit 3)
but i dont know what the measurements are , maybe Some one can help me
to measure it😀
Thank you 😉😉

The car is a 1987 firebird
2.8 l mpfi
auto transmission
ws6 package

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Old May 27, 2021 | 07:09 PM
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Re: Hood bulge

Originally Posted by Speeddemon1
Hi everyone ,i have a quastion about a firebird/trans am Hood ,
i have a base Hood with no louvers or power bulge ,i want to make a power bulge with fiberglass (like knight rider or smokey and THE bandit 3)
but i dont know what the measurements are , maybe Some one can help me
to measure it😀
Thank you 😉😉

The car is a 1987 firebird
2.8 l mpfi
auto transmission
ws6 package
there is a company that used to make a mold in bulge....i really don;t see how itd work though as I aimagine it would be ugly or would not sit well



id look for an actual hood!!1



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Old May 27, 2021 | 07:16 PM
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Re: Hood bulge

Originally Posted by Speeddemon1
Hi everyone ,i have a quastion about a firebird/trans am Hood ,
i have a base Hood with no louvers or power bulge ,i want to make a power bulge with fiberglass (like knight rider or smokey and THE bandit 3)
but i dont know what the measurements are , maybe Some one can help me
to measure it😀
Thank you 😉😉

The car is a 1987 firebird
2.8 l mpfi
auto transmission
ws6 package
trans-am-exterior (markscustomkits.com)


there you go
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