Let's see your custom hoods

faststang90 · Sep 23, 2009

my friend got a cervini on his car to clear the big blower

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phatcat · Sep 26, 2009

matching the color to the rest of the car

I just bought a steeda fiberglass hood. My painter says that since it is fiberglass he might have to blend in the paint into the fenders so that the paint matches. Have any of have this done or did your painter just paint the hood? I am very hesitant to blend in the painter I just want the hood painted to match the rest of the car. My car's color is tungsten. Any comment is appreciated.

NotQuik · Sep 26, 2009

blending is the right way to do it unless you want to take that chance of it not looking 100%

rays197 · Sep 27, 2009

Here is my Trufiber GTS-3 with the recessed pins. Its the Tungsten @ the end of the pics. Click on large photos. You can see a difference in color on the hood and fenders @ different angles. The shop i use said the same thing about blending the fenders. I am very pickiy about things." Does it look bad enough to have the fenders blended" No, I wouldnt unless i was going to show the car. On my side scoops and chin spoiler you cant see a difference at all.

ford mustang GTS-3 ram air heat extraction fiberglass hood

J.Cagle · Sep 28, 2009

I would sugest blending. All this mean is that they will scuff your fenders, shoot your hood and the tops of your fenders, and then clear coat the hood and entire fenders. The color will look 100% accurate. Im very picky so I would do it, but then again the front of my car has already been repainted before, so Im not worried about retaining the factory finish.

J.Cagle · Sep 29, 2009

The hood came in today! Looks to be a very good quality piece. One corner was chipped in friehgt, but nothing major. The shop is planning to paint the car tomorrow, so I may get it back friday if things go as planned! I can't wait!

kooldawg6 · Sep 30, 2009

WOO HOO!!!!! We expect pics!!!!!

JustMe09 · Sep 30, 2009

I got the last trufiber cobra r hood, lol

Wraith413 · Sep 30, 2009

kooldawg6 said:
WOO HOO!!!!! We expect pics!!!!!

+1 for what KD said.

J.Cagle · Oct 4, 2009

Got it back friday and it looks pretty good. I will post up some pics later one I get it sanded and buffed out, and detailed to MY likings,lol

fallenauthority · Oct 4, 2009

Of course after looking through this I started looking at hoods, im pretty sure after winter my next round of mods will have a Cervinis Concept Ram Air hood on the list

J.Cagle · Oct 4, 2009

I got the concept hood. It looks awesome on my car. I love it! I just need to figure out a way to cover the ram air opening until I jump off and spend $400 for the ram air kit. Any Ideas guys?

Wraith413 · Oct 5, 2009

I would say cut and trim a piece of thin aluminum plate to cover the hole temporarily. Easy to work with and cheap.

fallenauthority · Oct 5, 2009

or buy it for only 250$ from the cervinis website all their stuff is so much cheaper than when you buy from other online stores.

Ragnar · Oct 11, 2009

Here's my California Dreamin Hood.

J.Cagle · Oct 11, 2009

That looks like my hood Ragnar. Where did you get those inserts for the opening?!?!

Ragnar · Oct 12, 2009

They came with the hood. I don't think the Cervini hoods have them. But the California Dreamin hood did. Also has the ram air duct built into it. That was why I picked it over the Cervini Concept Hood.

That said, they look like simple wire grating I've seen at Menards. You could buy some and cut it to size and glue it in place.

J.Cagle · Oct 12, 2009

Here is a quick shot of the car after I wet sanded and buffed it out and waxed it today.

Wraith413 · Oct 13, 2009

Looks great,JC! Have you decided on how to cover the hood scoop holes ? Also, I noticed that you haven't installed hood pins. Are you going to install hood pins later? It was my understanding that the custom hood manufacturers recommended hood pins?

forensicsteve · Oct 13, 2009

was my understanding that the custom hood manufacturers recommended hood pins?

Car is subjected to pretty violent transbrake launches and without hood pins, never had an issue with the Cervini hood. Still, just his week, we have decided to install some plain hood pins for safety concerns...expect car to go 140+ when it goes back to the track.

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mine works really well and can take a fair amount

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