Somewhere around $225. Cost on them is around $190 with materials and labor, but I need a little wiggle room with each in case something happens. Not looking to make anything, just a cheap hood.

Just so that I have everything out in the open, there are no warranties expressed or implied with these hoods. I am making these knowing a great deal about fiberglass and its strength, but have never made a hood before. If you want to buy one and don't like it,for whatever reason, there are no returns. I will get all the pictures to help people see the quality of fitment and finish work. Also, I will be sending out a few for reviews before sending them out to everyone else, so that there can be some respected member honest reviews on them. I expect there may be some very minor finish imperfections.

Once again, I would classify this as a track hood that may have minor finish imperfections. Hood pins will be required.

Just to cover my ass. This may turn out completely perfect when i pop the first one out.

in for beta testing....

So this means free shipping?! :laugh:

From 2 Pages ago

Getting anxious for some pics!

What is a sarcasm?

Also in for beta testing. Conveniently located not too far to the West of your location.

Strong Possibility. I may have one or two done by the time i go to TWS on the 30th of october, but unsure. Things are more managable here now, but can pick up again at any second.

I'm just glad to see this is finally coming to be. I'm sick to death of my damn erebuni.

OK I'll try to make it though I am not sure I can make Oct 30. I still have a lot to do on the LS1 car and that is the one I would want the extractor hood for. The turbo car is a NB anyway.

How is hood clearance in that area? This will stick down about 1/2-1" in the middle. Basically follow the top of the headlight lines and that is where it will stick down.

Good point. I'll have to look at that actually. The problem is not so much the engine itself, but the throttle body. It is front and center, and high up on the engine, and has a large inlet. In fact there is an immediate 90 deg silicone coupling right at the inlet to the throttle body and it barely clears the radiator. Actually it rubs on it a tiny bit. (The current air induction plumbing is lame IMO, and I am going to change it, though as you can see there is not much room to work with).

The front of the radiator is in the stock NA location. However it is much thicker than stock, and taller.

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Im still interested, but Im sure the R&D might take a bit longer.
Maybe in the spring?

ZX-Tex you take off the throttle body from the engine and you make a 90 degree bend and then you mount the throttle body on there.

This will give you A LOT of room at the radiator. about 2 extra inches maybe even more and you're not going to need that 90 degree rubber bend.

Curious to see how the hood is coming along...the one cell phone pic just isn't cutting it :facepalm:

Which way did you end up making the mold with the barn doors molded in....this was six to one half dozen to the other for me...I mean having the headlight lines would be neat since if you were to glance at the car from a few feet back it would look like it still had the stock lights...then again having it smooth would look purdy nice...

Trying to finish the second mold this coming week with the integrated headlight covers.

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awesomeness!!!

i need that bumper to meet up to my flares. i have tuck'in 99 flares sitting in my garage. look just like the ones on that car.

i was gonna ask about molded in headlight covers. i'm in for one of those whenever your ready. and i can pick it up, so no shipping needed.

Bastard! That is if your talkin about the N2 flares....

rharris-after the hoods look in to molding fender flares,please.
-G-

+1 on the flares!

geared toward the tuckin99's! :bigtu:

lol or just read the beginning of the thread again. I know tons of ideas on flares were posted :D

+1


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wow you people like these flares?

SEX!!!!!!!!! :jerkit: SKEET!

yey yey yes ye sy ey sye yshysey eys eyse y HELL YES!!!!!! ^+1

majority says! make flares!!!!!!

do it now! :D

yup! those are the ones i have. just like the blk. cr car.

+1 on those flares Cspence posted above. I like them. If I ever run 275 tires on my track car I would need a set.

That being said, I am not planning on doing this anytime soon, unless Nitto comes out with a NT01 in 275-15". Not holding my breath on that one.

Shit.

I might have to pass this up now because of hood pins. I refuse to use hood pins....


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Where did you get them? How much did you pay? and you wanna sell em?
This is the only place I know that carrys them for the US...Over priced I might add
http://rev9autosport.com/shop/produc...roducts_id=115


whats wrong with aero catches??

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Flares at the same price point and you will sell the fudge aout of them.
-G-

Same price point as the hood right? cuz the ones at rev9 ($775+shipping) is simply TOO much...If these could be made and sold for around $300+shipping they'd sell like hot cakes. I know I would be the first in line!

I don't see the point for flares. Autokonexion already has fiberglass widened fenders for sale, and there's a gamut of rear flares available to begin with.

(Or the Autokonexion flares for $285 shipped)

From what I can tell, the flares that cspence posted are much larger than the autokonexion ones, and better looking IMO.

They add $95.00 to the total cost of something which is turning out more expensive now that I'm really considering it..
$325.00 for hood shipped
$95.00 Catches
Cutting holes in my $325.00 hood
$200.00 - $500.00 to have hood painted...

On the low side that hood is gonna cost around $620.00?

Don't mean to keep cluttering this thread up with this stuff...but just wanted to throw up a pic for ease of comparison:

AutoKonexion N2 Flare ($500+155 Shipping)
Autokonexion
http://autokonexion.com/images/image...8de5cabdfb6aa5

No comparison to these IMHO (REV9 Tuckin99 N2 Flares $775+Shipping)
http://rev9autosport.com/shop/images/1152.jpg

http://rev9autosport.com/shop/images/1159.jpg

http://rev9autosport.com/shop/images/1158.jpg

^^^ Ahh OK nevermind. For some reason when I visited the Autok site the N2 version image did not come up. Those are just fine and the price is right.

The thing that sucks about the AK flares is that the front ones require that retarded lip that fits horribly. I'd much prefer the wide fenders in the front and some flares in the back.

And IMHO, the Tuckin ones look nicer, but since when is this beautypageant.net :P

Paint is over-rated..:laugh:

id be second behind you! id punch a baby in the face for a set! (not literally) but the only other place i have seen selling the flares is Japanparts.com - Mail order from Japan directly|JDM Parts,Performance Auto Parts,for Subaru, Mazda,Mitsubishi,Honda,Nissan,Toyota car and if im not mistaken there 99's are a lil over $800 before shipping!

rattlecan FTW!

[QUOTE=Cspence;470127]Where did you get them? How much did you pay? and you wanna sell em?
This is the only place I know that carrys them for the US...Over priced I might add
REV9 Autosport

bought them when i bought my car. had to pay separately for them since my buddy had just spent $850 plus shipping! this was probably 2.5 years ago. anyway, if i sold them i would have to get $600. not sure yet, they have been sitting here though. i paid $750 2 years ago.

and yeah, the fitment between these and those a.konexion ones are on totally different levels. these fit like factory pieces.

Yeah...$817 :facepalm:
japanparts.com : PARTS DATABASE

On the bright side, at least we have the ability to get them....I thought for a while these were damn near impossible to get in the states...

Keep me in mind if you decide to part with them...

No real desire to make flares unless I straight up copied another flare set. It would be a pain in the ass to make it symmetrical and look good.

Plus, I couldn't do it in the same price=cost to make fashion that I doing the hoods right now.

yeh same here. i had only seen pics of them for a while! then i seen the two sites they were for sale on, then i seen the price tag and my wallet hid itself for a few hours! :lol:

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Damn...I was hoping you were going to say if we got enough people together that you'd buy a real set and knock em off...you may be able to make enough money to make it worth while if there were a few of us commited to buy. Figure your expenses would consist of $900 for a real set + Mold charges (No idea on cost, but imagine it can't be that bad for you if your doing the hood one)....at $300-$400 a clip, it would'nt take long to break even and/or turn a decent margin ;)

I will shamlessly copy a set of flares, but I am not paying $900 for the set. Too much of a risk unless a bunch of people really wanted them. We will see what people think of my work with the fiberglass hoods and go from there. Making 4 different molds is kind of a pain in the ass. Takes a fair amount of time ot make sure you get all the little details in the molds.

If only there was a member that had a set laying around that would let me copy them.....................

Yeah, if the part is carbon fiber.

dude, if you seriously will make flares i would send you the money for my set before there even made!

the real set is like 900 bucks! and if you get at least 4 committed buyers to send you the money for a set before hand, that would cover the cost of the originals and the molding cost..........then its a snowball effect from there! whenever sombody wants a set make it!

IF I did start making flares, I wouldn't take any money until I actually start making them. Also, it won't be for atleast a couple months.

After the NB hood right?

I don't have an NB, so it would be kind of hard to make an NB hood.

I support the idea of Tuckin99 N2 replicas. :) Have wanted them for a couple of years, but like others, cannot justify almost a grand to get them.

woooot tuckin99 band wagon!!!!! :D

maybe if there was a deal on a hood made?.........................someone that had them laying around could loan them out.........................? maybe.......lol