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Old 04-01-2017, 01:50 AM   #1
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Aftermarket hoods anyone?

I am looking to buy a new hood for my black SS, I'm trying to stay under $1000 If I can since that will allow me to buy a spoiler also. I like carbon creations hood but I've heard quite a few bad things about their hoods so I'm unsure, also considering RKsport and the 6LE designs scorpion hood.

Anyways the point of this post is to get opinions from you guys on what aftermarket hoods you like the best and also if you have an aftermarket hood yourself I'd love for you to share pictures and your experience installing, whether you did it DYI or went to a shop, and if it needed any modification out of the box.

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Old 04-01-2017, 03:05 AM   #2
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For $1000 you will get the hood and have some change, that will not cover the cost of paint :(
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Old 04-01-2017, 04:03 AM   #3
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For $1000 you will get the hood and have some change, that will not cover the cost of paint :(
Thanks for the info. I have about 2k to play with and one of the spoilers Im looking to get, along with the hood, is $750 and carbon fiber so no paint needed and the other is $650 unpainted or I can order it pre painted for an extra $250 so I've left some money on the side for paint. Any idea how much getting a spoiler and hood painted would be?

Also, got me thinking, if I were to get the ACS spoiler does it make more sense to order it pre painted for $250 or do it locally? Either way it'll be black so...

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Old 04-01-2017, 04:36 AM   #4
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The only hoods I've seen for those cars that I don't mind, are the SS hood, ZL1 hood (actual one, not the really bulky aftermarket one) and the Grid hood.
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Old 04-01-2017, 08:20 AM   #5
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Never ever order anything as big as a hood prepainted I guarantee you 9/10 times it probably won't match.
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Old 04-01-2017, 09:15 AM   #6
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Never ever order anything as big as a hood prepainted I guarantee you 9/10 times it probably won't match.
I was talking about the spoiler, not the hood. Thanks for the info anyways!
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Old 04-01-2017, 09:34 AM   #7
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I wouldn't order a spoiler painted either, but that's just me.
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Old 04-01-2017, 09:39 AM   #8
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I had to get a new hood for my last car my mustang gt, I was just replacing my stock hood with another stock hood, whole job was just under 1900, with 1100 of that being for the hood itself, so roughly 7-800 to paint. Could of been done cheaper but I only trust one shop locally to correctly paint match and it was a very difficult color, guard metallic which is a dark green metallic. I've come to learn you get what you pay for with paint work. I had a spoiler painted once for about $150 if I remember correctly and it didn't match, work was also done locally but by a different shop, but shop that did my hood had to fix it, and shop I scheduled work with had to work out the difference.
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Old 04-01-2017, 10:02 AM   #9
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I'm cutting my 2016 hood, and replacing the cowl off a 2015 hood. 2015 hood, $500.00.
Whole job will be under $1000.00. 2017 ZL1 hood is $4000.00, I don't like it.
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Old 04-05-2017, 10:42 AM   #10
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we have 1 hood option and should have some more coming in soon! if you want a price pm me for the best deal out there!
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Old 05-23-2017, 02:09 PM   #11
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we have some new hood options coming out soon! anybody want to get what style we will be having?
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Old 05-23-2017, 03:26 PM   #12
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ZL1...............
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Old 05-23-2017, 04:47 PM   #13
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maybe...lol
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Old 05-23-2017, 04:58 PM   #14
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Such a tease.......
I'll buy the first one.
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