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I've repaired a lot of fiberglass hoods in my day.

Is it repairable...yes.
Is it worth repairing...no

Any decent body man will want more in labor to strip and repair than you could just buy a good quality hood for. (cervinies, ho fibertrends, kaneen, or stock 96-98 cobra)

Look and see if its just paint that is cracking or if there are stress cracks in the fiberglass itself, first. If you want to repair it yourself, pm me.

I would strip the paint off that hood and stick it on craigslist. Ive sold countless junk no name hoods there. People who have no idea whats required to make a junk hood right will snap it up.

95steedamustang said:

I would strip the paint off that hood and stick it on craigslist. Ive sold countless junk no name hoods there. People who have no idea whats required to make a junk hood right will snap it up.

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Nice. Remind me not to ever buy anything from you...lol

I would start with a pressure washer because it looks like a lot of the paint is already loose and may come off with that. Then go with 80 grit on a DA if possible on the paint. Then when you get to the actual fiberglass, switch to 180 to get the little pieces of paint off. If you have never stripped one with 80 on a DA before, you may want to just use the 180 from the start but it will take much longer and use more material.

If you do have stress cracks in the fiberglass, you will need to make a v groove through the cracks with a die grinder, then fill with fiberglass or ( I use jet bond). then block down, put some putty on top of that, then block down, then block down the whole hood filling and blocking any remaining high or low spots. When all of that is good, go with a high build 2 k primer, guidecoat, block with 220, more 2 k, guidecoat, then block down with 400 wet maybe 600 depending on if you want to use a dark color.

I use SEM guidecoat in a spray bomb can but you can also use a krylon or any other cheap brand's flat black. Just make sure you sand all of it off.

Oh and never use BBQ paint for anything automotive because even if you sand all of it off. I have see it still wrinkle when primer is applied to where it was. I know it sounds crazy for someone to use BBQ paint, but Ive seen it done.