Ordered my hood today....woot!!

san~man · Dec 4, 2006

Well, after much decision based on price and everyone's recommendation, I ordered my hood today from H.O. Fibertrends.

They make the OEM hood for the 00R, the price was great, shipping price to Hawaii was reasonable, and Dave provided great service.

Here's what I ordered:

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Also, since the hood is essentially "OEM," I won't need hoodpins like a few other places "recommended."

Too bad my appointment isn't until mid-January

When it's done, I'll also have a 03' Cobra bumper too. Should look nice when it's finished.

bluextc · Dec 4, 2006

Post pics when it's done!

blackink00 · Dec 4, 2006

you MIGHT not need hood pins. personally i dotn trust a fiberglass latchy thingy

crzyhrse99 · Dec 4, 2006

That will look great on youre car .

san~man · Dec 4, 2006

blackink00 said:
you MIGHT not need hood pins. personally i dotn trust a fiberglass latchy thingy

Well, I can't have hood pins since I use it for work, so I made sure to ask that question prior to buying it.

Hell, if the 00R didn't need them, I sure as hell shouldn't

DropTopPony · Dec 4, 2006

I think they made the 95R hood i have also. I don't have hood pins and my hood closes perfect and is problem free for 8 years.

DropTopPony · Dec 4, 2006

san~man · Dec 4, 2006

DropTopPony said:
I think they made the 95R hood i have also. I don't have hood pins and my hood closes perfect and is problem free for 8 years.

Ya I believe so too. Bill Putnam also had a H.O. hood, and his was problem free too.

Stang|ess · Dec 4, 2006

I bought tie rod ends from randy @ md today . mo bettah than your 00r hood .

san~man · Dec 4, 2006

Stang|ess said:
I bought tie rod ends from randy @ md today . mo bettah than your 00r hood .

See if I loan you my open ended wrenches now, SUCKA

myponyrocks · Dec 4, 2006

can't wait to see it on

Stang|ess · Dec 4, 2006

who needs to borrow your wrenches? you're changing the tierods for me bwhahaha .

but that hood is sick. check out codys thread, and how he cut slits in the louvers.

san~man · Dec 4, 2006

Stang|ess said:
who needs to borrow your wrenches? you're changing the tierods for me bwhahaha .

but that hood is sick. check out codys thread, and how he cut slits in the louvers.

helty · Dec 4, 2006

awesome man! Im gonna order the 2.5'' cowl from them eventually. Let us know how the quality is. Being a producer of OE parts im sure its great, but its always good to read feedback from those with firsthand experience.

san~man · Dec 4, 2006

helty said:
awesome man! Im gonna order the 2.5'' cowl from them eventually. Let us know how the quality is. Being a producer of OE parts im sure its great, but its always good to read feedback from those with firsthand experience.

I agree. When I was searching all the brands available, I only came across 1 that was cheaper, but the quality was unknown.

After someone mentioned H.O. to me, I recalled many people buying them and not having any issues with the hood. Hopefully mine will have that same "luck."

hotmustang331 · Dec 5, 2006

You definatly made the right choice San~man! One of the best looking hoods out there, and isnt the same old cowl look. I was going to get one of those or a 00R but was leaning toward the cowl....but after going to FFW freegin EVERYONE had a cowl hood!
1 guy with an 00R and it was . SO I decided right there that 00R was were its at, and bought mine before I left. So here is a teaser for you

Pennywise2 · Dec 5, 2006

Congrats on the hood San!
Those hoods should fit like a glove.
How much was shipping? Just wondering?

san~man · Dec 5, 2006

Pennywise2 said:
Congrats on the hood San!
Those hoods should fit like a glove.
How much was shipping? Just wondering?

Ya, H.O. has a good rep amongst the Mustang community it seems.

Coincidently, their shipping was only $120.00 to Hawaii via a UPS subsidiary. Can you believe that?

$369.00 for the hood
$120.00 for shipping
$489.00 total

The cheapest hood I found was Mrbodykit.com, at $319.00 on sale, but they wanted $350.00 to ship it Their quality was unknown too, and they were semi-insistant on using hoodpins. My "mental red flag" went up when I heard that.

Cervinis was a close second at $469.00 or so, but they wanted like $300.00 to ship it here. They would have been my second choice as their quality has a good rep also.

All the rest were "genuine" 00R hoods, with an average price of about $469.00 (Summit and Jegs, to name a few). Summit wanted $350.00 to ship it here, and the sales guy seemed to want to rush me on the phone and basically provided poor service. Jegs wouldn't even ship the hood here. Needless to say, neither one got my business.

GEF didn't even respond to my emails. They got the boot too.

So, H.O. got my business and I'll post up the finished results some time next month.

san~man · Dec 5, 2006

hotmustang331 said:

Bastid!! That looks GD sexi! Is that an H.O. or a Ford hood?

Here's the look I'm shooting for, minus the rims and the Cobra emblems/grill emblem

Stang|ess · Dec 5, 2006

that's what im going for, since sandy took my 00r hood .

I was going for this:

more pics of the other car

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