north_oakland

I have a 92 camaro that is teal and I am going to get my car painted when I get a cowl induction hood. I was going to paint the car the same teal, but I was thinking about getting the hood painted black, but Im not really sure if this will look good. Does anyone have any non black cars with a black hood? If so please post some pics, so I can get an idea of how it'll look

I H8 WWD

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Quick search on google for iroc black hood



Ill look for more.

chris.niemann84

i really wouldn't go with a black hood on a colored car, personally i think that it looks to "Honda'ish" rice grinders have carbon fiber hoods because they don't have enough ***** to "carry the weight" this is pure american muscle that you are talking about here... LOL it can handle the weight of a steel hood.

that's just the way that I see it - black = carbon fiber = rice grinder = weak! go with the same color.... PLEASE!

Rockyd

i agree paint same color im just to poor to paint mine right now lol

SVTBAIT

A friend's car:

Iroc Adio

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I H8 WWD

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Iroc Adio use the insert image feature. Dont use IMG codes

Its the button with the little mountain and yellow background. Click that then add the URL.

CharcoalBird

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Did it for Iroc Adio

Iroc Adio

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THANKS!

I H8 WWD

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Nice IA. IA, do you have a small flat lip on the front of that hood? It looks like my daytona hood which had a half inch-3/4" lip in the front. Im just going to bolt the hood on then when I can get the car painted I will have it sanded down and aligned correctly.

MaNiAk86

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mine in sig

strc09

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I say that if you're going to go with a black hood, maybe go with a tuxedo look and paint the whole top of the car black. I've thought about doing that myself.

irockid86

how does the 2.8 engine fit into that equation? lol. I agree with you but just had to say it!!
My uncle told me one time that a lot of the old muscle cars that you see with black hoods painted them matte black to reduce the glare. My vote is go solid color or do full length stripes, but its your car.

Louis_84

i dont think its a bad idea to have a real carbon fiber hood on a camaro. I think its a good idea to lose some weight, off the hood. but im not a big fan of having black hoods on colored cars.

Abubaca

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I think it's lazy. Looks red neck and "imported" at the same time.

Makes me cringe.

I H8 WWD

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The imports have started a trend (old now) but it replaces the CF look of ricers or black painted hoods.

Check it out. Hope as well as s10's it doesnt make it to the camaro's

http://www.s10forum.com/forum/f42/ne...d-hood-383840/

okfoz

I am with Abubaca... It looks like you did not want to paint the hood the right color, or you changed the hood from another car, and decided not to paint it.

While you are at it, paint one fender yellow, the other green one door red the other blue. and the hatch purple, keep the rest of the car teal and drive around with a rainbow wig.

John

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Well personally I wouldn't do it. Around here every import has done that to there cars. Heck I almost don't want to put hood pins in because there so overly used around here by any want-to-be street racer and that sucks cause that use to be big on muscle cars back in the day.

MitchellDeMoor

I second what "irockid86" said. If you have a paint job that galres it helps a **** load. Hot Rodders and Muscle guys have had black hoods way before ricers were even thought of.

Stephen

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Funny how people say black hoods are "r i c e", yet some of the late 60s Mopars came STOCK with flat black hoods, as irockid86 already mentioned.

R i c e didn't even exist in the 60s. So who copied who?

mrnegativity

I wouldn't go with a black hood... unless it was real carbon fiber because then it actually does something for you. And yes the 60s mopars came with black hoods but this isn't the 60s and all the little rice cakes now have them...really its personal taste though. ( even with carbon fiber I would paint it personally)

Ca[maro]88

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whoever said it looks rice ish is rediculous. the original americam muscle had flat black hoods you know? the Hemi Cuda? Dodge Challeneger (not 2008 Challenger, The 70's). I think flat blak hoods look good. Kind of a retro muscle car

Abubaca

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Black hoods on Mopars weren't the only black on the cars. They had a specific color, plus matte black parts and accents. Totally different.

...and if "some" had hoods only painted black, then it still looks like a$$. -regardless of who started the trend.

I imagine most people thought it looked stupid, so muscle cars stopped doing it. Then in traditional "import" fashion, they looked around to see what could be done "appearance wise" without actually making performance mods, and BANG...-Stickers, and primer/black are now back in fashion.

blue85305

back in the 60's some of the fastest cars came from the factory with the front in gel coat anyway. but usually ended up in primer, because it was cheaper. and on a sidenote you can airbrush "rust", saw it on a restored race car once.

I H8 WWD

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On an offset sidenote, airbrushing the rust isnt the same, not to mention its easier to just rust out your hood instead of airbrushing...and another plus (for the ***** guys, I dont care for the rust look) it feels rough instead of looking rough. I know anything can be airbrushed, but I wouldnt airbrush CF if I wanted a CF look, I'd buy the CF itself.

I always thought it would be cool to literally shoot up my doors, quarter panels and fenders and such...to get that bullet hole look (not with them on the car for obvious reasons, Im not that dumb). Then take it to a shop and have them airbrush the rest around the holes and car. So at a car show they think ahh dumb bullet holes again, wait...WTF, those are real! Haha, you think I'd win BEST REALISTIC PAINT JOB?

Ca[maro]88

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yeah Abubaca your right, they did have more accents and stuff and it really depends on the person, not everybody is going to like the black hood. i mean not everybody likes ttops, its really about what YOU like. I think to pull off the whole black hood thing, you would need to paint the tops of the fenders (before it hits the crease that goes down) and paint the back hatch lid the same black including the spoiler. and i think the actual car color would matter to. i dont think red with black hood would look good. i think purple with black hood looks good, even a dark blue or even a white. idk just my opinions. please dont hate if you dont agree with me!!

Abubaca

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....now see, that's totally different. Having a black hood, maybe a little on the fenders....rear decklid..... now THAT is different. Not my taste per se, but I can totally see doing that.

...but a fully painted car, with just a black hood looks unfinished. You may like it, and that's totally cool, but it doesn't change the fact that it looks unfinished.

...but yes, ultimately it's an opinion.

Paragus77

I like flat black hoods on cars that aren't all flat. But only on 'birds for some reason, and only if its a cowl or ram-air hood... I'm weird, lol.

Ca[maro]88

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Abubaca, yes i as well think a car looks unfinished with just the hood painted black. even though im mismatched as hell, i still think it looks like crap. only reason mines unmatched is cause i aint painted it red yet. be painting it within a month or two.

so did those mopars use a matte black, a low gloss black, a semi-gloss black, etc
what color do they usually use?

eschevyrda

eschevyrda

its an American thing lets not get it twisted.

heres another example of honda dudes takin some one elses swagga

http://www.honda-tech.com/showthread.php?t=2397000

RevItUpZ28

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I have a buddy that put a black 91-92 hood on his iroc. I don't think it looks bad at all.

harner

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It's not painted, just the factory gel coat, which peeled off from weather and is now just flat black. You get the idea.

DacMan

Don't mean to revive the dead, but does anyone have a pic of a stock hood painted flat or satin black against a colored car? Does it look good?

bsporty

Muscle car recently did a Cuda...Rick Bacon painted the hood with kitchen drawer liner to create a carbon fiber look. It turned out really awesome....

DacMan

Yeah I saw that, it was really sweet, although I though the foose rims looked completley ruined it.

Carlos773

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I would do it/leave it if it was in a racing situation and it was a pin on hood. Otherwise, I would not leave it black unless I am really broke. Which in that case I would not have bought the hood until I had the hood cost and paint cost saved up or If it was just a deal you could not pass up.

tkcaraudio

I have had a few third gens with black hoods but I cant find any pix

they are just primered hoods lol

I wish one of my cars was as nice as some of the cars here

bsporty

haha yeah Dacman and the crossmember showing just looked sloppy.Like a fat chick at a bar with a short skirt.ugh.

DacMan

Yeah it did didn't it, I really respect rick bacon, as well as kevin tetz (although that's aside from the point), but sometimes I don't know what they're thinking, I don't know if you saw the espisode were rick made his own exhaust tips for the cuda, and his finish was to scuff up the stainless steel with like 200 grit... and he called it "one-off" I bet they were too becuase who would be stupid enough to make something look so awful lol.

InfernalVortex

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I did mine flat black because I couldnt afford to paint it to match the car. I also saw it as a bit of an homage to old school muscle cars at the same time.

When I paint the whole car I'll strp it back down and paint it to match, but if I just bought the paint and painted it as is, it wouldnt match my aging factory paint anyway. So I figured if it wasn't going to match, just paint it black.

I originally used to agree with all the guys saying it doesnt look good, but it's definitely grown on me ever since I put it on the car. I've had a lot of people tell me to just leave it black when I do repaint the car... go figure.



I do resent the "laziness" comments. I probably put about 50 hours into that hood. (Not the paint obviously) It's a practicality thing more than a laziness thing.

And this may not make much sense, but I do think the black works a little better with some colors than others. I think with bright colors it would work a lot better than dark ones. White, yellow, bright red, orange, lime green, etc, but Im not sure. It just sort of seems that way.

david068513

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It's painted to match now

david068513

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Who makes that hood?

19CAMARO85

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Cmon guys, They are just proud of what sheet metal is on their car. So they want the world to realize its really metal.

Stephen

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InfernalVortex

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Champion Hoods

It's mw66nova's old hood. I get the impression he's really unhappy with the new one (same hood, just the lift off version) though.

mw66nova

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i'm extremely unhappy with the new hood. itfits like garbage and is too thick to use dzus fasteners and is very heavy for a lift off hood. i don't know if they just quit caring, but the quality has gone down hill.

Tobias05

Goodmark 2.5 cowl FTMFW folks.

19CAMARO85

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I think the Cervini 3 inch cowl is the best looking Third gen hood. But just have to toss out some more cash to pick one up.