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Old Apr 4, 2002 | 10:08 PM
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How much does a stock hood weigh??

I am replacing my stock steel hood on my 92 Camaro RS a fiberglass bolt on Cowl Hood. The Cowl Hood weighs 37 lbs. How much weight will I be losing?
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Old Apr 4, 2002 | 10:57 PM
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quite a bit, unfortunately i wasn't able to weigh my hood when i removed her because of the overall size; makes it difficult for one person to hold it over a scale.

when i had the hood off the car didn't feel all that much different though. i would assume somewhere around 75 pounds maybe; but i could be off....they are heavy either way.

be careful with a fiberglass hood, fiberglass hoods cause alot of problems.
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Old Apr 6, 2002 | 09:20 AM
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Car: 92Z28,98LegacyGT,ZX9R,91 Z28,02 Z71
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What problems do fiberglass hood cause?
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Old Apr 6, 2002 | 09:59 AM
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curious here... what problems?
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Old Apr 8, 2002 | 07:09 PM
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I think the problems Kandied is talking about is that 90% of fiberglass hoods fit like **** and require a lot of body work to get the finish ready for paint before they are ready to be bolted on. I have yet to see a fiberglass hood that was ready to be painted and bolted on out of the box.
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