Hey, if you're looking to save some money and weight, just get an old stock
hood and give a little bit of an acid bath :-) Just not too much, don't
want to be able to dent it by breathing on it.
-Chris
----- Original Message -----
From: "Batman" <batphreak@zombieweb.com>
To: <dakota-truck@buffnet.net>
Sent: Tuesday, March 13, 2001 1:40 PM
Subject: Re: DML: Re: Looking for parts
> Oh yeah...that's what I'm thinking about initially. I'm gonna get a hood
from a salvage yard so i don't have to mees up the one on the truck. I'm
planning on painting the thing flat black so I don't care what color the
"donor" hood is. I just figured I'd see if anyone on here knew of a place
making OEM style replacement hoods from fiberglass. figured that'd be a
double pluss if I could get it cheap, save some weight and all.
>
> --- "Chuck Robbins" <intense99dak@home.com>
> > wrote:
> > You'd be doing very well to find a fiberglass hood for under $200.
Have
> >you thought about just adding an air scoop to your factory hood? Summit
> >Racing has a good selection of scoops and A&A Specialties
> >(http://www.a-aspec.com/) has a better selection of Mopars scoops.
> >
> >--
> >Chuck Robbins
> >'99 Dakota Sport
> >www.intense99dak.com
> >
> >
> >> Allright....here's my plan, don't know when I'm gonna kick it all off,
but
> >is a round tuit plan. I'm gonna make my own superstock looking truck.
it's
> >gonna be a home grown look thing, while maintaining a throw back to the
> >Dodge and Plymouth superstocks of yore. I want just a plain factory
hood,
> >then I'm gonna get one of the obnoxious bolt square hood scoops (like the
> >big mouthy ones the superstocks used to have). Then I'll stick a K&N up
so
> >you can just see it when you look in the mouth of the scoop. It's gonna
be
> >totally out of place and obnoxious. Anyway, the point of all this. I
know
> >I can pick up a steel hood out of a junk yard, but I'd kinda like to find
a
> >fiberglass replacement style one for cheap. All the ones I can turn up
so
> >far are the ram-air, cowl induction, or other custom job. I don't want
any
> >of those 'cuz they're too expensive. Does anyone here know of a company
> >that makes unpainted fiberglass replacements for say under 200 bucks?
> >>
> >> Thanks,
> >> -Batman
> >> '99 CC 4x4 5.2L 5spd sprt wht
> >> Open Element air cleaner
> >> Turbo II muffler
> >>
> >>
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