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New hood, do I need to ride around before paint job?

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billyfe390

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If you are getting a aftermarket fiberglass hood put it on your car as is and drive around with it on for a couple of weeks. DO NOT HAVE IT PAINTED BEFORE YOU DO THIS most of the horror stories come from people that get a hood that is not fully cured and when it gets on their car in a hot day and shrinks they think they got screwed.
 

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billyfe390 said:
If you are getting a aftermarket fiberglass hood put it on your car as is and drive around with it on for a couple of weeks. DO NOT HAVE IT PAINTED BEFORE YOU DO THIS most of the horror stories come from people that get a hood that is not fully cured and when it gets on their car in a hot day and shrinks they think they got screwed.
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Even if the hood does shink, is it really that noticable? I mean it isnt made of cotton If it is going to shirk it is going to shink. Getting it painted wont make a difference. I have never heard of a bad Cervini's hood, i think she is alright.

-Mike
 

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Les Paul said:
I will be ordering a Cervini's hood very soon. Will the shop want to paint it on the car for a better match or is it best just to drop off the hood and let them paint.

Thanks!

Paul
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I'm having mine paint very soon. The bodyshop where i'm going to have the job done told me to either leave it on the car or just bring the hood alone. He will remove the hood from the car anyway to avoid to cover the entire car and they prefer working on the hood without beeing on the car.
Matching color is not an issue for me. Car is silver and having the hood ( part of it like the mach one from CDC design ) painted flat black.
Just hope i'm not making a mistake
 

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speed545 said:
I'm having mine paint very soon. The bodyshop where i'm going to have the job done told me to either leave it on the car or just bring the hood alone. He will remove the hood from the car anyway to avoid to cover the entire car and they prefer working on the hood without beeing on the car.
Matching color is not an issue for me. Car is silver and having the hood ( part of it like the mach one from CDC design ) painted flat black.
Just hope i'm not making a mistake
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I rather just bring it in then since I don't trust them to take it of without hacking up something else. Which hood did you get?

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Does anyone get email notification on subscribed threads or am I the only one?
 
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Even if the hood does shink, is it really that noticable? I mean it isnt made of cotton If it is going to shirk it is going to shink. Getting it painted wont make a difference. I have never heard of a bad Cervini's hood, i think she is alright.

-Mike
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Yeah it is really noticable I will get some pictures of my cervinis 4 inch cowl posted this morning. When the heat from the engine in the summer starts baking the underside of the hood it will shrink and look like a ripples in the top even the best hoods will do this to some extent. Believe me she will be alot happier if she drives it for a while as is when it gets warm.
 

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Les Paul said:
I rather just bring it in then since I don't trust them to take it of without hacking up something else. Which hood did you get?

:OT:

Does anyone get email notification on subscribed threads or am I the only one?
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I prefer to get the hood off myself and just bring it tho the bodyshop. I just dont want to let the car there for them to have fun with it like it happened to me once. Considering that the job will be done by the local GM dealer
they might want to test a real car

I' m keeeping stock hood Les Paul, just the paint job and a aluminium insert in the scoop.

Ho, about e-mail notification, you have to go in yours profile options and uncheck the options witch allow you to receive thoses e-mails.
 

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I prefer to get the hood off myself and just bring it tho the bodyshop. I just dont want to let the car there for them to have fun with it like it happened to me once. Considering that the job will be done by the local GM dealer
they might want to test a real car

I' m keeeping stock hood Les Paul, just the paint job and a aluminium insert in the scoop.

Ho, about e-mail notification, you have to go in yours profile options and uncheck the options witch allow you to receive thoses e-mails.
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Oh OK, I thought it was new hood. I have to replace my hood because I have a big hole in the middle where my shaker used to be. I am starting to get a little worried about this shrinking hood problem now, though.

I'm sorry, I meant that I don't get them. I have it checked for instant notification. I haven't been receiving emails for months now.
 

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I dont have time to read all this but DO IT
My steeda hood that I had on my Bullitt looked great when it was finished a year later you could see all types of problems
 
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Nobody should be afraid of a fiberglass hood shrinking. It is normal for aftermarket fiberglass parts to shrink simply because they are not 100% cured when they are shipped to you. Just put it on and drive it for a while you will be much happier a year later when it doesnt look like a wave pool like mine, besides that it is free.
 
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Put in on about a week before you get it painted , and make sure they block sand it atleast 6 times before the paint it , and you will have no problems and it will look GREAT , key is making sure its fitted to the car good with the heat and all and blocking it to get all the fiberglass ripples out
 
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Thanx fellas!!! I'll put it on a week or so before the paint job just to be safe! They'll need it a while anyway to paint the hood and blend the fenders, no rush however long it takes for a good paint job. I know they do good paint cause they repainted my L after my accident and it looked awesome! I'll be sure to post before and after pics when its all said and done.


~Cheryl
 

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i need to find a woman like you, one that will enjoy and share what is being done to my car not counting receipts for what is being spent and complain about it. sorry just had to add that. make sure and get some pics up once its finished
 

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i need to find a woman like you, one that will enjoy and share what is being done to my car not counting receipts for what is being spent and complain about it. sorry just had to add that. make sure and get some pics up once its finished
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you should have bought that girlfriend deal off of ebay
 
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i need to find a woman like you, one that will enjoy and share what is being done to my car not counting receipts for what is being spent and complain about it. sorry just had to add that. make sure and get some pics up once its finished
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I guess there aren't too many of us out there......bad part is I'm single! but loving every minute of it
 

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SVTChic...I just got a new hood a few months ago (3" Keanen hood) and I love it and so will you. Enjoy it!

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=384735

I am in Northern VA. Where are you getting yours painted?
 
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It is VERY noticible. I have a Ford Cobra R Hood and I had it painted and installed. Fiberglass needs to heated before its painted. A painted fiberglass part that is heated after it is painted will experience something called "Print Through". The fiber grain in the fiberglass will show right through in the paint. It will look like the you painted over raw fibers.It doesnt matter if the hood is smooth as glass BEFORE its painted. This happens in some fiberglass parts that are heated after they are painted. On steel it makes no difference. I worked in a pro custom shop that did exotics and hot rods. We did everything by the book. Luckily there was enough clear on the hood that we sanded and buffed the print out. I would recommend that you install the hood and run it for a minimum of 2 weeks. Let the engine idle for 30 minutes after you drive the car. The hood will pick up the most heat rise if the car is sitting in park idling.


billyfe390 said:
Yeah it is really noticable I will get some pictures of my cervinis 4 inch cowl posted this morning. When the heat from the engine in the summer starts baking the underside of the hood it will shrink and look like a ripples in the top even the best hoods will do this to some extent. Believe me she will be alot happier if she drives it for a while as is when it gets warm.
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if you take it to a good shop they will bake it for about an hour or so which will get out the chemicals from the glass. No need to run it on your car if they know what they are doing and prep it properly.
 
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if you take it to a good shop they will bake it for about an hour or so which will get out the chemicals from the glass. No need to run it on your car if they know what they are doing and prep it properly.
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Mine was baked for a day so doing it for an hour wont do anything besides that if you take it to a good body shop that has someone with experiance they will ask you if you have put it on the car yet most smart shops wont even touch it until it is fully cured.

SVT chic after you put it on drive it as much as possible and try to do it in the summer.
 
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You have no idea what you are talking about. Dont post bs unless you actually have some real experience.

Fallguy said:
if you take it to a good shop they will bake it for about an hour or so which will get out the chemicals from the glass. No need to run it on your car if they know what they are doing and prep it properly.
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SVTChic...I just got a new hood a few months ago (3" Keanen hood) and I love it and so will you. Enjoy it!

http://forums.stangnet.com/showthread.php?t=384735

I am in Northern VA. Where are you getting yours painted?
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Im southern MD at Classic Auto, they do awesome paint
 
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