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I need a new hood, again. Last time I got lucky and found OE color for $120 in Houston and avoided shipping.
All the OE color hoods are from out-of-state and cost over $400.
A friend who owns a body shop can get a Capa certified for 250.
I do not want to paint a hood to match the color because I don't want any differences of color, then it's obvious the vehicle has been in a collision. I've had plenty of collisions in this car and have been able to repair everything myself, so I have a perfectly clean Carfax.
Since i dont want to paint the new hood, i thought about wrapping it matte or gloss black, in addition to the roof and trunk. I think thatd be cool. But also not what i want, I'll stand out more - and i do not need any attention from law enforcement.
For about the same price of shipping an OE color hood, or wrapping everything, i could go carbon fiber. Which would be sick, then get a carbon fiber trunk (or just wrapp the trunk and roof) But, id stand out more.
So Idk. What are yalls thoughts?
All the OE color hoods are from out-of-state and cost over $400.
A friend who owns a body shop can get a Capa certified for 250.
I do not want to paint a hood to match the color because I don't want any differences of color, then it's obvious the vehicle has been in a collision. I've had plenty of collisions in this car and have been able to repair everything myself, so I have a perfectly clean Carfax.
Since i dont want to paint the new hood, i thought about wrapping it matte or gloss black, in addition to the roof and trunk. I think thatd be cool. But also not what i want, I'll stand out more - and i do not need any attention from law enforcement.
For about the same price of shipping an OE color hood, or wrapping everything, i could go carbon fiber. Which would be sick, then get a carbon fiber trunk (or just wrapp the trunk and roof) But, id stand out more.
So Idk. What are yalls thoughts?
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