Hood Ideas Needed...

[blackdog]

I am looking for some custom hood ideas for my Alero. I was looking at the cowl hood but I think I want more of a working hood scoop. The only guide lines are that it has to be metel and it has to be able to come off a different car and weld into place on the Alero hood. Other then that its wide open.

[Redog]

I don't think I understand the "come off another car" part. The only hood your going to get to fit is an Alero hood. GA nad Malibu hoods are different around the headlights.

You could do a custom hood. Get a cowl hood but cut open the fornt of the cowl a bit kinda like my bro-in-law's Mustang

http://memimage.cardomain.net/member_images/5/web/221000-221999/221285_9_full.jpg

[blackdog]

yah i meant cut it off a different cars hood. I can get the cowl for 180.00 and weld it in place but some of you guys have that already. I was thinking more on the line of ideas what have not been tried yet because someone is unsure how it will turn out.

I like the idea of cutting the cowl but I am limited by time. I have 12 hours to cut and weld in place the new part.

[ppgnut]

well if your on a time crisis and rushing custom work is not for you to be doing i guess
watch for my car when it`s done i will show ya diffferent

[Coldfire]

That's a decent looking 'stang Redog...I'm not a huge fan of that era, but it looks pretty tight

[sburke]

This is a hood piece from extreme dimensions. It's called the Super Sport adn would probably look pretty good on an Alero.

[blackdog]

What about this?

http://www.sportcompactonly.com/_lib/skins/_main/images/products/101030/101030-l.jpg

[cavaliers60]

^ I like it! lol If I do something like that, I think I will need some help... I don't want to try it myself and screw it up... lol

[blackdog]

They only problem with this hood is its all fiberglass. I def don't have time to do this myself. If I started now I would be working on it till the fall using all my free time. That hood is bad @$$ though

[jabartram]

Originally posted by blackdog@May 29 2006, 09:37 AM
What about this?

http://www.sportcompactonly.com/_lib/skins/_main/images/products/101030/101030-l.jpg
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somebody on here already did a hood that way.they used a stock hod and fiberglassed the scoops from another hood onto it.

[blackdog]

really? The problem I can see from doing it that way would be the fiberglass cracking or even at higher speeds coming right off if they are working hood scoops. No matter how its done its going to be a lot of work and I would prob end up just getting it made at a custom shop. I called out and was given a price of around 1500.00 + parts. I want the hood scoops for when I have my turbo setup just to keep things cool. I should have pics of this done in the fall/winter.

[Coldfire]

The top one looks pretty good, the super sport

[sound_xtreme]

Originally posted by blackdog@May 29 2006, 10:35 AM
really? The problem I can see from doing it that way would be the fiberglass cracking or even at higher speeds coming right off if they are working hood scoops.
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um, usually shops rivot the scoop on plus fiberglass it on. thats how i did my roommates nsx vents in his qpanels. thing was solid.

[Spilner521]

With a turbo setup it's going to get real hot under the hood an stay hot for a long time. Instead of a scoop that takes in air, try a vent or maybe an "extractor" style hood to let the hot air out, that way when the car isn't moving, it'll still let the air out. When I get a new hood I'll be cutting vents into it not directly above the turbo but two on each side...incase it rains, water dripping on cast iron that's over 1000°F isn't the best thing that could happen.

Like this:

[blackdog]

Thats why I have working Z3 fenders in place right now. Air comes in and right back out taking all the hot air with it.

[2fst4u]

i'm shooting more along the lines of a 4runner hood scoop. i just like the style. or maybe the hood scoop from like a 98 mustang where it goes down in the hood. not sure. good luck.

[2fst4u]

4runner hood
http://www.toyotapartsstore.com/images/2004_4runner_hood_protector.jpg
it's actually a 1999-2000 hood that i was thinking of.
http://i4.ebayimg.com/03/i/07/45/65/98_1_b.JPG
or you could mold in this one
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MUSTANG-HOO...070486282QQrdZ1 (http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/MUSTANG-HOOD-HEAT-EXTRACTION-FIBERGLASS-1999-04-COBRA_W0QQcmdZViewItemQQcategoryZ33646QQitemZ80704 86282QQrdZ1)
http://i2.ebayimg.com/03/i/05/b9/74/22_1.JPG

[Rubered00]

IMO the last one that 2fst4u just posted would like the best on an alero. I would probably never buy a new hood for my car unless it was something like that style.

[Coldfire]

I think the mustang style would look good, you obviously would want to round out the lines a bit to flow better with our cars than the somewhat boxy 'stang. The toyota one doesn't look half bad either.

[cavaliers60]

I like these hoods.... Think they would work for the Alero???


http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/cavaliers60/carf_fcos98.jpg

I forget who this is... lol but I like what he did to his Alero.. :thumb:
http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/cavaliers60/312322_17_full.jpg


http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c26/cavaliers60/95_00sebring_viperfront.jpg

[Spitfire]

The one on that avenger is sweet! I think it would look good on an alero

[Coldfire]

That's Crazytaxi's alero

[Naich]

http://www.aleromod.com/images/blackalero2.gif

[Spitfire]

Wow that's sweet looking too....though apparently a photoshop...

[blackdog]

wow that looks great on our cars almost looks stock.

[Fflewddur Fflam]

Wow, I'd say the hood on the avenger or the photoshopped alero look the best for RAM air.

[Preybird]

Damn, they all look good! I've always wanted a RAM air hood for my Alero, but when I talked to a shop about it they said it would cost at least 400-500 bucks, and I just can't afford to blow that on my daily driver

[cavaliers60]

and you know what else might look good with that... the Razzi kit... :D

[Thrawn]

Where'd you find that hood Naich? Or did you 'shop it yourself? Looks damn good...

[sound_xtreme]

it was shop'd a long time ago

[2fst4u]

hideous. doesn't flow at all.

[Thrawn]

Originally posted by 2fst4u@Jun 1 2006, 11:32 AM
hideous. doesn't flow at all.
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The photoshopped hood? It's not perfect but I think it would look pretty good on our car...better than some other 'shops
I guess it's all a matter of personal opinion...

[Cliff8928]

How about a scoop from an old Celica?

http://images.autotrader.com/images/2006/3/17/192/271/194256287.192271814.IM1.MAIN.565x421_A.421x421.jpg

[Thrawn]

That would look good, I'm pretty sure there's a photoshop of that on Alero.org...

[ptrudel]

if it was me i'd get an SS style personally...its overdone yes, but it looks good i think

[Naich]

that cobra hood was one of my first photoshops, i did that back in 01 or early 02. i still think it looks damn good. me and another member paid the old owner of aleroboard to make them for us, and to make a mold so that they could be made for everyone, but he took our money and ran.

But yeah, I think the cobra hood would look good. Or even the stock 96 cobra hoods with nostrils would look pretty tight.
http://mysticcobra.net/1996/mystic_0348_a.jpg

[Thrawn]

Originally posted by Naich@Jun 1 2006, 10:40 PM
that cobra hood was one of my first photoshops, i did that back in 01 or early 02. i still think it looks damn good. me and another member paid the old owner of aleroboard to make them for us, and to make a mold so that they could be made for everyone, but he took our money and ran.
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What?! You've got to be kidding me! That sucks, it would have looked pretty nice...

[xbxradxsx]

A hood like that would def. be worth putting money towards.

[Alero2k4]

IMHO, the stock hood flows better than any other hoods...ram are may look good if it is done tastefully enough. But I think that stock hood with slots, or custouts, or something would look the best. I think that the Alero is not a car that needs lots of stuff to really stand out, it detracts from the look of the overall car. (IE. Scoops, big wings, 20's, etc.)

[Doomgiver]

Eh, I've never been a fan of slots/vents in hoods. Too fast and furious for me...
I know it can be tastefully done, but it just leaves a bad taste in my mouth

[Thrawn]

I think they can look good if done right

[Spilner521]

Here's a pic I've had for awhile of an Alero with the SS hood, not sure who's it is. If it's done this cleanly I think it looks really nice.

[ptrudel]

thats what i was talkin bout earlier...those look good

[2fst4u]

it needs to be set down in, tho, i think. it would look tight then, like the mustang stock hood.

[ptrudel]

that would be alot better for sure, but that'd be tons of even more work i'm sure..but the end result would rock i agree

[kwhauck]

If I had the money it would be a y2k Cobra R Hood, but i am pretty sure it only comes in fiberglass......

http://trickpro.net/gallery/albums/album15/Cobra_R_hood_on_Fox_body.sized.jpg

http://www.carhoods.com/HoodSkinPhotos/FH-609.jpg

http://www.hofibertrends.com/photogal/t9903r%20top.jpg

[SweetNLow]

Originally posted by Spilner521@Jun 5 2006, 12:45 PM
Here's a pic I've had for awhile of an Alero with the SS hood, not sure who's it is. If it's done this cleanly I think it looks really nice.
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i forget the dudes name but hes in the service but doenst own that car anymore. i actually sold him those painted headlights you see on the car in that picture.

[Thrawn]

I'd seen that SS hood before, even had a pic on my computer before my hardrive fried.

[FartCannonAlero]

where is a good place to find these kinds of hoods? and for what price?

[Coldfire]

Originally posted by Burns02Alero@Jun 6 2006, 04:05 PM
where is a good place to find these kinds of hoods? and for what price?
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The only one that's actually available for our cars is the cowl hood that's on alerostyle.com.
A member on here makes them, I just forget who, it might be silentalero???

Otherwise, all the hoods you saw in this thread are one-of-a kind customs or photoshops

[FartCannonAlero]

what would it take to get a custom hood? big bucks i suppose

[Coldfire]

Crazytaxi is the guy.

[Coldfire]

Originally posted by Burns02Alero@Jun 6 2006, 04:52 PM
what would it take to get a custom hood? big bucks i suppose
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Yeah, not too cheap...I was quoted 500-700 bucks for a custom RAM air hood when I was looking into it, I'm not sure what crazy sells the cowls for...

[YALEROYNOT]

how do ya think this would look

http://images.extremedimensions.com/ExtImages/universalsupersporthoodscoop.jpg

or

http://i7.ebayimg.com/07/i/000/a9/8e/7c21_1.JPG

ye im brining a thread from the dead but i didn't see the need in a new one

[[ion] C2]

^that's the one I want (the top one, SS style)

the bodykits.org picture for the alero has that

[YALEROYNOT]

http://www.bodykits.org/_pics/_select_model_34_8_4_products_kombat_body_kit_full _promo_pic.jpg C2;324235']^that's the one I want (the top one, SS style)

the bodykits.org picture for the alero has that


i like it