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Old 10-27-2008 | 06:24 PM
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Wink RS HOOD!

Well I never really seen any dedicated thread for the RS Concept Hood! Post Your RS HOOD In here if you got one! I know a few members in here did this already.

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Old 10-27-2008 | 06:50 PM
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I'm doing this soon.
Old 10-27-2008 | 07:09 PM
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Its (Pita) good Luck.
Old 10-27-2008 | 08:29 PM
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Originally Posted by Zstealth
Its (Pita) good Luck.
Well, actually the body shop is doing it. It's already done, just not on the car yet.
Old 10-27-2008 | 09:11 PM
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NICE POST IT UP WHEN ITS DONE!
Old 10-27-2008 | 09:21 PM
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has anyoen done this on an OEM CF Hood?
Old 10-27-2008 | 09:39 PM
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how hard is this to do ive been considering this
Old 10-28-2008 | 09:39 AM
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Me too, ive wondered how hard its for a body shop to do this.
Old 10-28-2008 | 11:16 AM
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Me too, ive wondered how hard its for a body shop to do this.
It's not hard if they know what they are doing...expect to pay a little bit though. My body shop has done three to date that I know of.
Old 10-28-2008 | 11:28 AM
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How much was it?
Old 10-28-2008 | 11:29 AM
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i am also planning on doing this... my question is where to get good templates for them to use.... i have the template in my email but im quite sure they will need an actual "stencil" they can use thats not made of printer paper... OP you know where to get them?
Old 10-28-2008 | 11:29 AM
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I did this awhile ago. My vents are higher than the RS hood. It really does keep the engine bay temp cool.


PIC at HIN 2008 LA. BJ's car on the side of my.



Old 10-28-2008 | 11:31 AM
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i was just about to post that peter (pfunk) has done this before. it looks really mean, but i dont have a clean enough engine bay to pull it off.
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you can pull it off Jon. May the force be with you.
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^^^nice!
Old 10-28-2008 | 04:53 PM
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keep them coming!!


Anyway the body shop didnt do this for me.I Did it on my own and my car was just at the shop.you just need the right tools and time to make this.
Its PITA and alot of people are scared to cut there hood.but you do really to take alot of time and steady hands to pull this off.
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Thats it?
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Anybody have the templates? May be my next mod....I like cheap mods that still look good.
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looks badass... is this reasonable for a DD car?



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