SO I BOUGHT A HOOD OFF EBAY, ITS THE FIBERGLASS 3' COWL SVO HOOD, IT WAS ONLY $290+$100 BUCKS FOR SHIPPING, NOW I KNEW THIS WASNT A GOOD IDEA,THE PRICE WAS TO CHEAP AND ALL OF THE HOODS HE SOLD WAS SOLD AS PRIVATE SO YOU COULDN'T SEE WHAT HOOD ANYONE BOUGHT UNDER HIS NEG FEEDBACK, I JUST COULDN'T RESIST GETTING THIS HOOD. I LOVED THAT IT WAS A 3'COWL WITH THE SS HOOD LOOK ON TOP OF COWL. SHIPPING WAS FAST (ONLY GOOD THING ABOUT THE PURCHASE) SO AS SOON AS I GOT IT I PUT IT ON TO SEE HOW MUCH WORK WOULD REALLY NEED TO BE DONE, IT WAS BAD THERE WERE 3/4 TO 1 INCH GAPS ON EACH SIDE OF HOOD ,WOULDN'T SIT ALL THE WAY DOWN NEAR THE WINDSHIELD CAUSE THE COWL HIT WIPERS AND VENTS.NOW I EXPECTED THERE TO BE ALOT OF WORK, I CAN FIX THE GAPS AND CUT THE BOTTOM OF COWL, BUT THE PROBLEM WAS LOOKING FROM THE SIDE OF CAR THE MIDDLE OF THE HOOD ARCHED UP OVER THE FENDER ABOUT AN INCH, U COULD SEE IN THROUGH THE HOOD FROM STANDING ON SIDE OF CAR IT WAS TERRIBLE. THAT'S A HARD ONE TO FIX, IF IT COULD BE FIXED AT ALL AND STILL LOOK GOOD ON MY CAR, SO WHAT DO YOU GUYS THINK OF THE LOOK OF THE HOOD, OTHER THAN THE ISSUES WITH FITMENT,

 

you get what you pay for

but on a serious note re-type that without the caps on, its impossible to read

theres a good chance that its hitting your washer bottle and coolant bottle, itll be hard to see with the nose on but see if you can look in between the hood and nose with a flashlight to see if its hitting anything.

mine hit the wipers a bit too...thats easy enough to trim down.

fiberglass....gotta love it

 

NO ITS NOT HITTING ANYTHING UNDER HOOD, JUST A CRAPPY HOOD,, I KNEW IT WOULD BE, I JUST REALLY LIKED THE LOOK OF THE HOOD, SO I DECIDED TO CUT UP HOOD AND ATTACH TO MY STEEL IROC HOOD, POST MORE PICS WHEN DONE

 

attaching fiberglass to steel usually doesnt turn out well or last a long time without cracking.

 

Sounds like you missed the threads on this Ebay seller:

https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/post...30-post10.html
https://www.thirdgen.org/forums/afte...eh-suck-2.html

The hoods are total garbage - Honestly, with as low quality as the materials were to begin with, I'd recommend not wasting your time with molding this crap on your factory hood.

 

All glass hoods require alot of alignment tweeking to get them to fit decent. I have a harwood bolt on 3"cowl hood and it took half a day, even had to slot the front latch mount holes more to allow the hood to drop down low enough to sit correctly. Basicly a big pain in the butt, but I do believe the cheaper hoods original molds dont fit our cars as close as we would like. My buddy works at a fiberglass shop and he is always complaing about the way fiberglass warps out of shape

 

YA I SAW THOSE THREADS, BUT IT WAS AFTER I BOUGHT THE HOOD, SO BY THE TIME IT ARIVED I KNEW I WOULD HAVE PROBLEMS

 

Man that sucks! Sorry to hear you got treated like that! This should go in "Aftermarket product review" section.

 

I have 40 hours in my VFN hood. Fiberglass takes time to make straight.

 

Take the CAPS lock off!!

 

 

Hoodz 4 sale from da hood....

 

Honestly, I think that hood looks like crap anyway. It looks like someone just threw on a small ss style scoop on top of a cowl and called it a day.

 

 

Thanks for the heads up, but no one has to tell me not to buy an aftermarket fiberglass hood off ebay for 290 bucks. Shipping costs isn't necessarilly their fault.

 

And there goes 390 bucks down the drain....

 

its been a year now with the fiberglass scoop on the iroc hood, for $290 bucks looks awesome, if it last me 3-5years ill be happy. hell 3 years i dont care, if it cracks ill get a new hood, im sure ill want to change it by then anyways, atleast if i want to change it. i wont be out $600

 

You aren't out $600 for sure. But if you have to replace it again, $390 X 2 =....

 

x2

 

Im the OP from one of those threads. That hood was one of the largest reasons for my lack of interest in my car.