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Is it stupid to do this...Unpainted body parts??

  • Thread starter Thread starter Venom351R
  • Start date Start date Aug 4, 2004

Is it ok to put on an unpainted hood

  • Its fine since your going to repaint the car next yr anyway

    Votes: 13 26.0%
  • loooks to tacky and stupid having a red car w/ a white hood

    Votes: 16 32.0%
  • Its your car who cares what a bunch of crack heads like us think

    Votes: 18 36.0%
  • whats my name again??

    Votes: 3 6.0%

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Venom351R

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Heres the deal, I want a Cobra R SVO hood but if I buy it now it wont be painted until next spring ( keep in mind the car goes up for storage in the late fall ) b/c I want to get the whole car repainted next yr in a diffrent color. So pretty much I would have the car the rest of this summer/fall w/ an unpainted hood b/c I dont want to pay to have it painted Red now when the plan is to repaint the whole car a diffrent color. I know I can wait until I go to get the car painted before I buy it but between painting the car, new rims/tires and new bumper Id like to get some of the cost out of the way now so I dont have as much to pay for next spring. So is it ok to run around w/ it like that for the next few months or is it just to tacky??
 

gcomfx.com

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Tell them you are test fitting it.
 

Venom351R

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gcomfx.com said:
Tell them you are test fitting it.
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good one
 

Black95GTS

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Just fasten it old school with 6 or 8 hoodpins down the sides. It will look so bad ass that nobody will question its unpainted state. Plus whenever you wrench on your car you can have the hood totally out of the way.
 

Venom351R

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Black95GTS said:
Just fasten it old school with 6 or 8 hoodpins down the sides. It will look so bad ass that nobody will question its unpainted state. Plus whenever you wrench on your car you can have the hood totally out of the way.
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wow you guys are right full of good Ideas today
 

cardudeusa

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I ran around for about a year with an unpainted hood. My girlfriends car is red and has an unpainted white hood. People always ask whats with the white hood??? It's usually only the people who aren't in to cars at all though.
 

Venom351R

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I think I'll put it on at the end of the summer, I just dont want to have to pay for a hood, bumper, painting the car, rims & tires all next spring, Id like to save some cost now and get some of the things bought or paid for now.
 

Venom351R

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wytstang said:
Can't you just store it in the garage until ready to paint? If not who cares you know what the finishing outcome will be.
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Yeah right have parts for the car and not put them on and just leave them sitting there...... I think not I did enough of that this spring, when I get something now I want it on A hood is so easy to swap I dont think I could just leave it in the garage, Id have to put it on.
 
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wytstang

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Can't you just store it in the garage until ready to paint? If not who cares you know what the finishing outcome will be.
 
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wytstang

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Striped5.0 said:
Yeah right have parts for the car and not put them on and just leave them sitting there...... I think not I did enough of that this spring, when I get something now I want it on A hood is so easy to swap I dont think I could just leave it in the garage, Id have to put it on.
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I know the feeling. When I order something I start collecting tools and what not and just wait for the Big Brown Truck in my front lawn like a lost puppy
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cant you just buy a can of red spray paint and clear coat?
 

AznStanger3v

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man, when i got my hood my dad wanted me to spray paint it and stuff "just too see how it looks". i was like "dad, itll make me look like a ricer, only they do that ****." i say put it on. who cares? i had mine on for about 3 weeks before it got painted.
 

VIPERn94Five-0

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eh, personally id leave it off till the time came.....but thats just me....


Anthony
 

OrangeMustangGt

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umm, thats the way i rock it. unpainted! all the cool people do it now
 

xr8d302

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GreenMustangGt said:
umm, thats the way i rock it. unpainted! all the cool people do it now
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Where have I been? I thought a nice clean car was cool....gimme a few days, i'll paint my hood yellow.
 

Venom351R

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ok who voted for .. " whats my name again " I put that there just to see if it would get any votes
 

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I don't think it'll look too bad since you have some white accents on your car already.
 

Venom351R

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go.rei GT said:
I don't think it'll look too bad since you have some white accents on your car already.
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thats true as well, might not look to bad then. No way that Im going to pay to have it painted now and then have it repainted in the spring, and its to hard to leave it laying around all fall/winter w/ out it on the car.
 
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Striped5.0 said:
ok who voted for .. " whats my name again " I put that there just to see if it would get any votes
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Venom351R

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