Remrats1234

So i have been looking at a couple functional ram air hoods, the only ones i have found are fiber glass, when talking to other people and body shop owners no one wants to get close to these because of fitting problems, i want a functional ram air hood, but i cant find any that are not fiber glass, any one have any suggestions?

W1ldcat

I asked at the body shop I was at today and they said they didn't like to mess with them because us car nuts like everything perfect and the fiberglass hoods out so far aren't up to par, that he has seen. He said they need to be made like the Vette hood to keep firm. Even if they make them look good they can't warranty them because of cracking and if they crack you have to take off the whole gel coat. He sugested adding a scoop or whatever to what existed.

elektra

Really? I am saving up money to put on the GTR Ram Air Hood. I hope no one gives me crap about installing it. Hmm? Good topic Remrats, Any others hear the same thing?

Remrats1234

ya i was lookin at the GTR hood too, but i guess there are some really exclusive places that can get it done right around, but i dont know where

elektra

They say that the GTR hood does not require any other parts for ram air to work but that does not sound right. How does this work??? anyone know?

Remrats1234

well the thing is it has the hood scoop which forces more air into the engine, so that isnt the problem, the problem apperently with all fiberglass hoods is that they fit really bad, and they look like **** once they are on the car, does anyone kno if there are any non fiberglass hoods made?

Remrats1234

anyone have any information!?

05vert

There are carbon fiber hoods....I don't really know if that is any different than fiberglass. I got a pretty good fitting GTR hood off ebay for $350. It was not perfect...but the shop was able to make adjustments and now it's 95% perfect...probably as good as stock. It cost me $400 for install and paint. $250 was the paint job...so only $150 for install, adjustments, washer sprayers, etc. That's not too bad for a prof body shop. As a side note...the body shop did the install work but would not paint fiberglass...they outsourced that to a custom paint guy....who does artwork on cars and bikes and stuff like that. Shops are funny about fiberglass.

Remrats1234

thats a sweet hood, so where doesnt it fit? i cant really see anything wrong with it from the pics u have

QuickShortBus

Cervinis and Kaenan both make high quality fiberglass hoods that fit well and take minimal prep work.