Straightening out a tweeked fiberglass hood...
10-09-2002, 05:47 PM
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Straightening out a tweeked fiberglass hood...
My hood is either warped, or was hit... it needs to be tweeked ever to slightly...
The leading edge needs to come up about 1/16th of an inch, and about 8 niches back, it needs to go down about 1/8-1/16th of an inch. On the other side, I need to raise the fender edge about 1/16th of an inch...
Can I heat it and try to bend it back into shape? Pour boiling water on it? Feather it with a torch?
The leading edge needs to come up about 1/16th of an inch, and about 8 niches back, it needs to go down about 1/8-1/16th of an inch. On the other side, I need to raise the fender edge about 1/16th of an inch...
Can I heat it and try to bend it back into shape? Pour boiling water on it? Feather it with a torch?
10-09-2002, 07:42 PM
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Send me the hood ill send ya mine and ill fix it over the course of a couple years......What? These things take time ya know........
Honestly I have no idea what you could do.
Honestly I have no idea what you could do.
10-10-2002, 07:11 AM
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Someone mentioned here somewhere that they used a heat lamp/IR lamp to gradually heat up their glass hood and tweak it ever so slightly. May want to give it a shot - but don't use a heat gun or torch as I would think that would give too much heat to too small of an area.
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10-10-2002, 06:32 PM
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10-10-2002, 06:44 PM
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Originally posted by jocww
sell me ur hood
sell me ur hood
you want his hood?
he'll sell it to you for $3000
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10-10-2002, 07:02 PM
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Originally posted by 1991tealRSt-topGuy
why dont i ever see an intelligant comment come from your mouth?
you want his hood?
he'll sell it to you for $3000
why dont i ever see an intelligant comment come from your mouth?
you want his hood?
he'll sell it to you for $3000
10-11-2002, 03:26 PM
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Last I hear everyone hated the Daytona turbo hood... it grows on some I know, but the general consensus is that it's white trash. Well call me white trash, because I love it, and I know alot more will like it once it gets painted and it gets gold stripes.
P.S. Thanks for the tip about the heat lamp, I'll give it a try. I'll also look at the possibility of hood pins, I don't like how much it flops at 90 MPH...
P.S. Thanks for the tip about the heat lamp, I'll give it a try. I'll also look at the possibility of hood pins, I don't like how much it flops at 90 MPH...
10-12-2002, 05:14 AM
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Originally posted by 1991tealRSt-topGuy
why dont i ever see an intelligant comment come from your mouth?
you want his hood?
he'll sell it to you for $3000
why dont i ever see an intelligant comment come from your mouth?
you want his hood?
he'll sell it to you for $3000
Now, beat his ***.
Beat's *** good.
Don't worry, Chad's gonna beat his ***....
10-12-2002, 10:30 AM
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Tell you what use the hood pinz cause they are cool then park your car here in texas for 1 day in the mid of the summer. That would bend it to your liking. Baked @ 110 would do it. Or take it to arizona and bake it at 120!
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