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Hoods: Aluminum VS Fiberglass

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  • Start date Start date Feb 24, 2012

BackInBlack

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Whats better?

I hear Fiberglass hoods can shrink do to the heat of the stock aluminum fenders and mess with alignment

True or not?
 

MoshpitMad

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kwiltse08gtcs said:
Whats better?

I hear Fiberglass hoods can shrink do to the heat of the stock aluminum fenders and mess with alignment

True or not?
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Aluminum fenders get hot?
 

BackInBlack

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in the heat your fenders do get hot. ad my buddy told me thatheat can mess with the allignment of the hood. I just wanna know if its true.
 

StreetsideStig

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I have a fiberglass hood. It does save weight, but it tends to bounce around and makes me nervous sometimes.

Thanks for the reminder to look for some hood pins!
 
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