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Old Nov 8, 2008 | 08:09 AM
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i just got a cervini's eleanor hood for my 07 gt. and in a few months i'm going to be doing a gt500 front end conversion. and ive been looking at pictures of guys who already did the conversion. and the hood curves up when it goes above the grille. but the hoods on normals dont rise at all. would i have to do some modifications to my hood when i get the front end conversion or will i have to order a whole new hood?
Old Nov 8, 2008 | 10:00 AM
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Originally Posted by Chase1121
i just got a cervini's eleanor hood for my 07 gt. and in a few months i'm going to be doing a gt500 front end conversion. and ive been looking at pictures of guys who already did the conversion. and the hood curves up when it goes above the grille. but the hoods on normals dont rise at all. would i have to do some modifications to my hood when i get the front end conversion or will i have to order a whole new hood?

you can use the hood with the GT500 front end conversion.
Old Nov 8, 2008 | 10:24 AM
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ok thank you, yea im lookin at ur pics and ur hood goes up a bit above the grill
Old Nov 8, 2008 | 01:00 PM
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All the hoods for the GT500 bumper will curve up like that. Not all hoods and bumpers work together but like he said, your combination is safe. Here is a chart to go by:

GT500 hood / GT500 bumper YES
GT500 hood / GT/V6 bumper NO
GT/V6 hood / GT500 bumper YES

The reason there could be a problem with some combinations is becayse the pillars next to the headlights slope in more on the GT500 bumper. If a GT500 hood is used on a GT or V6 bumper, the more vertical pillars on that bumper will be in the way when you try to close the hood, and the hood will not close.
Old Nov 8, 2008 | 10:48 PM
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Dave, have you painted your hood yet?
Or do you prefer the Mad Max look lol...
Old Nov 8, 2008 | 11:02 PM
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Originally Posted by pascal
Dave, have you painted your hood yet?
Or do you prefer the Mad Max look lol...

Haha you're not the first to bring up Mad Max. Yeah I got it painted but I don't have any pics. East87 took this one at the last cruise though:

Old Nov 9, 2008 | 04:05 PM
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i love the way ur car looks with the spoiler now. do u guys know where i can get hte transformers badge for the side of the car?
Old Nov 12, 2008 | 12:44 PM
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car looks awesome dave!
Old Nov 12, 2008 | 07:36 PM
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Originally Posted by suoperdave84
Haha you're not the first to bring up Mad Max. Yeah I got it painted but I don't have any pics. East87 took this one at the last cruise though:
It looks pretty good on the picture Dave...
I also think the Mad Max look was OK lol.
Old Nov 13, 2008 | 02:20 AM
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Looks great Dave! I was wondering if it ever got painted! sweet!



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