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hood scoop mod (mainly for vamp)

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    hood scoop mod (mainly for vamp)

    so i went nuts and fiberglassed in a hoodscoop to a spare hood of mine. :)

    i promised vamp i'd post pics, so here they are.

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    vortex, Apr 11, 2007
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    dang looks clean
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    thanks, it's nice to know i've still got the skills for fiberglassing... :)
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    vortex should open shop and make corolla mods :D
    Vibe, Apr 11, 2007
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    haha... no... the thought has crossed my mind though... its just meh... that thing took 8 hours yo. lol
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    it's all cute and little and low-profile. i like!
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    Nice And Clean...
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    MovieSTAR i hurd u liek?

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    ewwww grose.

    i wanted to be different and not say nice, or sweet, but i really like it
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    TurismoDreamin ΓΡΗΓΟΡΟΣ ΟΔΗΓΟΣ

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    I dunno why but when I first saw those pics, I thought....Subaru Forester....whatever tho, that looks pretty cool...
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    good job.

    now let's see some pics of the car when it's completed
    rayray1, Apr 11, 2007
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    Looks good!! Do My Car next??
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    MovieSTAR i hurd u liek?

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    how much did that run you vortex?
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    Wow, that looks real nice man. Heh, I see you're rocking a Thule roof rack as well. Lol.
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    The scoop was about 80 or 90 bucks, cant remember... then materials to blend it in ran about 75 or so... then there is the labor aspect... get a scoop, bring me your car and i'll install it for 350 bucks (includes the materials) ... should take a full day.

    indeed... november to may buddy!

    << snowboarder
    vortex, Apr 12, 2007
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    looks good...but whats with the dent in ur fender!!!
    Rolla95, Apr 13, 2007
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    haha yeah.. i did that while throwin some torque down on an bolt... haha flattened it in with my hand.. i've got replacement fenders --- just havent gotten toreplacing yet. :)
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    that looks hot!!
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    ok vortex, you knew you had it coming. how much shipped? lol jk
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    thanks
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    looks good.

    how does it look from the driver/passenger side? you should go do that windtunnel thing and check if it works well :)
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    Dude, very nice. Any chance on you posting a DIY on how you did it and what scoope you used? I would love to do this.
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    looks sick as shit... works really well. you can reach into the engine bay and touch the compressor housing, valve cover, strut bar, IC charge pipe, etc... after driving it like ya stole it. it's all warm instead of surface of the sun blazing hot.

    i could but it might not do too much good. blending fiberglass is kinda an artform... if you've never done it or don't understand exactly how to "feel" for the imperfections and get them out... it's something that takes a lot of practice... if you want to know the materials they were fiberglass matte, fiberglass resin, duraglass and lightweight body filler... you grind down the outside of the scoop and make it pretty thin, grind the hood, throw down matte and resin mixture, stick scoop on, use screws to hold it in place... let set... remove screws... sand down until somewhat blended, matte/resin obvious bad bad spots that need filling... resand and somewhat smoothe. use duraglass and build a smoothe transition from hood to scoop... sand until mostly smooth, repeat... once all that's done.. do the same type of thing with lightweight body filler... except with the filler, you want to make sure its all smoothed out. once that's all done... primer the hell out of it.. smooth it, look for imperfections, feel for imperfections and address them appropriately... build with duraglass, smooth with lightweight filler. Once its all set... reprime and you're set. sounds easy... but like i said... takes practice.
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    i know it's not gonna be easy...that's why i wanna wait till summer and try to fix my front bumper after teh little accident. my friend said i can do it in the weekend, but knowing myself and never done this before, that's why i'm gonna try and do it with someone who had done it before.
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    cool youll need that to cool off the turbo.
    ChristianVA, May 14, 2007
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    nice hood to bad you dont live in florida ....lol
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    hehe i drove 3 yrs without it... rolled 90k on my turbo last week right before it lost oil containment... lol
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