Cf Hood On Ebay...pix Inside *56k Beware*

[Tru]

ok, so i bought that hood that someone else on here wanted to buy that was on ebay. Honestly, I had NO IDEA that anyone on here was planning on buying...I didn't even know it was an Ebay auction til after I decided to buy it. I got into an accident on tuesday, and I looked on car-parts.com for new hoods and found the CF one. Since the place that was sellin is only 2hrs from me, I decided to buy it.

Im really sorry if i ruined any plans that you guys had of copying it. If you guys still want to make copies of it...I'm with that, juss gotta figure somethin out.

well now that is all said and done. I left at 8am this morning to get the hood and got bak around 2. My bro and I installed it right away. It looks great. It attaches to the stock hinges and stock latch.

Only a couple minor scratches on the top of the hood, some on the sides(from the way the place stored it). Other than that, its in good condition. The hood is made of some kind of thick plastic, maybe poly urethane(sp)? :wacko: dunno...and then the CF is just the top layer.

It basically fits onto the stock hinges...and fits fairly well. One problem deals with the part of the hood where the hydrolic on each side attachs. It's measures out to be the same as the stock hood, but for some reason the hyrdolics are too long...by about an inch, so the hood cant close with the hydrolics attached. So right now if i lift the hood up, i gotta hold it.

Another thing about the fitment of the hood. It wasn't made wide enough!...there are gaps on each side of the good...they are around 1/4 inch?....i duno, i cant remember what the original gap was....just seems larger than before. Also the front of the hood on the driver side seems to dip down a bit...so there is a gap there too.

And the last thing that bothers me bout the hood is the placement of the hood pins. The ppl that drilled the holes missed the body. So, the pins go in crooked =/....so now i gotta figure that out.

wow, this is the longest post I've ever made lol...anyway, here are pix.

The last one points out the gaps i was talkin bout....there arent any ways to fix it is there? =/

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v185/TruProductionz/Alero/Hood_1.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v185/TruProductionz/Alero/Hood_2.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v185/TruProductionz/Alero/Hood_3.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v185/TruProductionz/Alero/Hood_4.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v185/TruProductionz/Alero/Hood_5.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v185/TruProductionz/Alero/CF_Hood2_Zooms.jpg

[Oldsman]

yes we want copies of that hood

[Aleromaster]

The funny thing is I also almost jumped on that as well before I found out about the auction. I ocasionaly search trough car parts.com and also stubled upon this. Does look good though and if i'm not mistaten my gaps are the same as well they justdon't show up as much caused its all one color.

[Pimpalero03]

holy crap..... copy that hood and i know for sure u will get at least ten buyers. i want that soooooooo bad...

[wy3134]

Hey be happy we found out where it went, could have gone lost forever, at least theres a possibility to get copies. lets just get a decent price and not $700 or something ridiculous

[mfuller]

Tru, it looks good...I'm glad that a board member has it (now everyone can be envious of you). The cowl is perfect, and the gaps don't seem to be anything out of the ordinary.....maybe a bit of tweaking to get the corners to fit with the fenders better.

[kwhauck]

if you are really truly are interested in helping the alero community and want to get copies made all you have to do is pack the hood up nice and good and ship it to Greg, if you want his address, i have it, and i'm sure he would pay for shipping too, if he doesn't, i will, just get some f***ing copies of this hood going.......that's my $.02

[Silentalero]

na, its actually good that we found out who has it at least...was gonna drive us nuts, lol


now lets make copies fo sho!!

[Oldsman]

yes dood, let us know what needs to be worked out.

the guy 99aleroboy is talking about is crazytaxi on here.

[FormulaNERD]

carbonwerks.com will charge 1200 for the mold and materials, then 400 per hood. a group buy would get rid of the mold costs.... if 6 ppl bought, could be made for 600 a hood. and that covers all costs, only problem is who gets the mold?


that's not horribly expensive, but could probably be done cheaper.

[johny_boy32]

if we can get it for 400...i'm in for sure.

[javlin]

hey why doen't someone give their factory hood to Tru in exchange fr the CF hood. because it sounds like he baught it just to replace his old broken one. that way you guys could get your copies then later trad hoods back so Tru hs the original??????? :huh:

[FormulaNERD]

Originally posted by javlin@Aug 10 2004, 01:07 AM
hey why doen't someone give their factory hood to Tru in exchange fr the CF hood. because it sounds like he baught it just to replace his old broken one. that way you guys could get your copies then later trad hoods back so Tru hs the original??????? :huh:
lol, i'm sure he would rather have the CF.

[springs fastest alero]

I'm in for a group buy on hoods even if its 600 per copy

[javlin]

sounds good when i get more money i will pool in too.

[FormulaNERD]

gonna have to sell some stuff on ebay, but i WILL have the money, as soon as it's needed.

[Oldsmopimp]

LOL...^^ Yea, I heard about this subject but didnt pay too close attention...so anyway..You have the hood...thats cool, I congradulate you. But, I too am actually interested in this hood. Yes me, c/f...lol. You have a great oppertunity here to make the money of the hood back, and then some, and also make alot of other alero nerds(myself included) happy. So dont let this fall through. You can make history happen, so do it man. Seriosly.......

[jabartram]

I'm in for a copy of this hood also,price will be a factor though!

[Tru]

as for the copies, i have no idea how this works so someone's gonna have to enlighten me...

[SouthDakotAlero]

Well I definitely want a CF hood, so add me to the list. Hopefully we can make this happen soon too.

[BigJon34]

Originally posted by FormulaNERD@Aug 9 2004, 07:53 PM
carbonwerks.com will charge 1200 for the mold and materials, then 400 per hood. a group buy would get rid of the mold costs.... if 6 ppl bought, could be made for 600 a hood. and that covers all costs, only problem is who gets the mold?


that's not horribly expensive, but could probably be done cheaper.
You also gotta remember that we'd need to to throw Tru a little profit as insentive, not to mention S&H. He's not going to go through all that shipping and stuff just to be nice to a bunch of strangers.

[Grouch]

Tru, congrats on the NICE hood! I assure you that the other two were just joking around a bit. Least they had better be, as a number of people really wanted this hood. I hope you can see through to allowing someone on the forums to make a copy of it. ;)

[Crazytaxi37]

What kind of luck is this. Someone on the forum actually bought the hood. Thank God!!! As said before I am already set-up to have the hood reproduced. Please get in touch with me if you would so we can work something out for you so you at least have a hood while this is being done. PLEASE PM ME ASAP. There is some work to be done to make this hood not need the hood pins. Having the actual hood to make the mold from makes this a much easier task. Please Pm me.

Gregg
Crazytaxi37

[flalero]

Man this is just about the greatest thing to ever happen to us. I would also like a copy. Let us know details when you get them. Please, pretty please! :cheers:

[Tru]

Gregg you got a pm...

im more than happy to help ppl out here and if i can get somethin outta this, would be good too...i just need details on how this is all gonna work out

i guess we'll keep things updated.

[ptrudel]

thats soo cool that u got it...i'd so wanna jump in on this if i had the cash...if this was next year, i'd definately jump in on this

[OpalaAlero]

Is anyone close to Grand Rapids that can pick it up from him, and trade theirs maybe in the mean time?

[Tru]

yeh, i guess a pick up would be the easiest...we'll see, gotta talk to gregg still...

as for a replacement hood, i can still use my original one...its a lil bashed up, but still works fine...juss looks ghetto :D

[javlin]

i hope this all works out i would like a CF hood in the future :smokin:

[jamcllw]

I'd buy one if it was paintable and used the stock mounting holes and latch. I just don't like the look of carbon fiber but I do like the cowl induction look.

[Pimpalero03]

i cant wait! i hope this works out.. cowl induction hood that is sweet. hey tru. im a michigander too. lol

[Tru]

Originally posted by jamcllw@Aug 10 2004, 12:08 PM
I'd buy one if it was paintable and used the stock mounting holes and latch. I just don't like the look of carbon fiber but I do like the cowl induction look.
I believe it's paintable...as for using the stock stuff...the hood attaches right on to the stock hinges and latch. The only thing is u have to change the stock hyrdolics that hold the hood up. The stock ones are about 1/2" to 1" too long to work with the cf hood. u can attach them, but then the hood cant close...i tired :wacko: lol...*edit* i mean tried haha

i'll see if i can get a pic later today

[Voodosoup]

If this gets going, I'd be in for a copy. I've still got my money laying around from the group buy that fell through last fall.

[|Rev|]

I want a copy!! man we are lucky someone on the boards got the hood, keep us updated, I sooo want a copy

[derek21]

i like how everyone assumes this guy is gonna give up his new hood to have copies made. if i would have bought it i wouldnt do it

[FormulaNERD]

Originally posted by derek21@Aug 10 2004, 10:56 PM
i like how everyone assumes this guy is gonna give up his new hood to have copies made. if i would have bought it i wouldnt do it
if you would have read his post you'd see that nobody is assuming anything. he bought it and realized that alot of people want it and is cool with trying to get it copied....

[derek21]

i did read the posts. you might want to re-read them. ppl saying "i'd be in for a copy" before he even says anything about letting someone use it to get copies made. poor guy.

[Oldsman]

Originally posted by derek21@Aug 10 2004, 05:17 PM
i did read the posts. you might want to re-read them. ppl saying "i'd be in for a copy" before he even says anything about letting someone use it to get copies made. poor guy.
well after re-re-re-re-re-re-re-re-reading all the posts.................one can come to this conclusion.............

Greg and Tru are working something out so he can get a mold of it.

People are letting whoever does get a mold made for copies, the interest that would be for the hood.

Tru is will to work with us and we appreciate it greatly.



Now enough of this bickering between each other over how some one interupts these posts.


Back on Topic.

Anymore useless post will be deleted............period.

[Redog]

Might be intreseted but still unsure at this point

The CF hood looks good on a white car, but i dunno how it will look on red :unsure:

[smokinAMD]

Anyways, did you try adjusting the hood lifts? They twist so you can make them longer and shorter.

[kwhauck]

Originally posted by Redog@Aug 10 2004, 05:30 PM
Might be intreseted but still unsure at this point

The CF hood looks good on a white car, but i dunno how it will look on red :unsure:
looks better imo if you have gunmetal rims

[|Rev|]

Originally posted by 99Alero_Boy+Aug 11 2004, 12:14 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td>QUOTE (99Alero_Boy @ Aug 11 2004, 12:14 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'> <!--QuoteBegin-Redog@Aug 10 2004, 05:30 PM
Might be intreseted but still unsure at this point

The CF hood looks good on a white car, but i dunno how it will look on red :unsure:
looks better imo if you have gunmetal rims [/b][/quote]
amen to that brotha!! :D

[FormulaNERD]

Originally posted by 99Alero_Boy@Aug 11 2004, 12:14 AM
looks better imo if you have gunmetal rims
woo hoo, damn straight it does.

also looks really good with green ;)

hey reddog, i think it'd look cool partially painted like yiddish bulldog's..... only create your own original scheme....

[Naich]

Depending on the time frame on how long this takes, I'd be interested also. i.e. if we can't get these made till the spring, I will hopefully have a full time job by then.

Guys, if there is anything you want me to do to promote this project, let me know.

Tru, great job getting the hood. It looks absolutely tits.

[BigJon34]

Serious though, under $400 bucks and you can count me in. And since CF hoods are very very light, how much would you expect s&h to be. I'd love to have my gf airbrushed on a cf hood. The paint would look very unique on top of cf

[Crazytaxi37]

I will have more information for everyone very shortly.

[NoSweat83]

I love the hood man, very cool. Im in on the group buy just send me the bill and we will go from there. Yet again great hood and thanks for sharing a piece of olds with us.

[ImSoBored]

since a mold is being made, wont it still be up for production say next year or so?

for the people who are short on teh money

[Tru]

Originally posted by smokinAMD@Aug 10 2004, 06:49 PM
Anyways, did you try adjusting the hood lifts? They twist so you can make them longer and shorter.
i never knew they could do that...i'll try tomrrow morning when i get a chance

[Spook]

grats man, that thing looks nice
keep us updated

[theirishgonzo]

are we talking a true carbon fiber or a faux one?


i want to upgrade but dont know what and i dont want the ricer look

[FormulaNERD]

True CF brotha

[vulgar]

Im definately down for one of these. keep us updated.

[FormulaNERD]

hey tru... you really need rims and springs if you plan on using this hood :thumbsup:

[brim]

love it

i'll have to photochop it to see it one color, i love the scoop on that one still

[theirishgonzo]

can we get it tinted i have seen colored cf can we get sothing like that?