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Jul 25, 2007 | 10:14 PM

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ericemery

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its as close to carbon fiber as you can get without using actual C.F... its a way to make fiberglass stronger in flat areas. (where its weakest.)

I wouldn't be surprised it they use metal mesh in the middle of those hoods...

Jul 25, 2007 | 10:30 PM

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wtf is composite. is it like the press board that they make plywood out of? or is it fiberglass? i would rather have a steel hood. then some flimsy piece of card board.

My '04 Tbird has composite hood trunk and front fenders. It works great, the car was in a hailstorm in Texas while new on the lot. The rear fender , windshield frame and driver door got baseball size dents but the composite was fine!

Jul 25, 2007 | 11:00 PM

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Altair

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ORIGINAL: ericemery

its as close to carbon fiber as you can get without using actual C.F... its a way to make fiberglass stronger in flat areas. (where its weakest.)

I wouldn't be surprised it they use metal mesh in the middle of those hoods...

So would you guess it to be lighter or heavier than the stock hoods?

Jul 25, 2007 | 11:24 PM

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how would you go about painting it? if it is a special composite then it might cost and arm and a leg to color match the truck

Jul 25, 2007 | 11:34 PM

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i was just on my other site and a ram owner just received his composite hood went to the local shop and they wanted to charge 600.00 to prep and paint the hood. and it was off the truck. does this sound correct for composite? if so you can forget about me purchasing one. i would be better off getting a scoop and pop riveting on.

Jul 25, 2007 | 11:41 PM

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Altair, it should be lighter than stock.
Superdak, it said it was a sandable gelcote... so my guess is that any shop that paints fiberglass can match it perfect. it should paint like bondo or any other fiberglass repair would. atleast thats my guess. I had a local shop paint some fiberglass boxes when I worked at the audio shop... they didnt seem to have a problem painting them. and we gelcoated them ourselves...

Jul 26, 2007 | 12:04 AM

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well the hood should come preped and ready for paint so there shouldn't be any need to have to prep it before paint...so yeah and its a good hood had one on my 1st gen and we had a hail storm...everything but my hood was dented like ****! so it'll do you good!