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Old Jan 4, 2006 | 03:15 PM
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Am I imagining it or is there something wrong with my hood? There's no dents or anything so i'm a bit confused as to why it looks slightly curved at the top, it doesn't really bother me but I was just curious, thanks for any help


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Old Jan 4, 2006 | 04:05 PM
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looks like a normal 68 hood to me...
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Old Jan 4, 2006 | 04:38 PM
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But surely the top of the grill should match the bottom half in the sense that it's a straight line, the top on mine is slightly dipped, this I think is how it should look, compare the fron of this one to mine

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Old Jan 4, 2006 | 09:05 PM
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oh yea now i see it...yea its definitely warped...its not a fibreglass hood is it?
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Old Jan 5, 2006 | 03:05 AM
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No just normal, unless the chrome trim is not on properly, i'll have a look
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Old Jan 5, 2006 | 07:21 AM
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looks like something is wrong? not sure if its the hood or the trim?
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Old Jan 5, 2006 | 08:02 AM
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Your car has bumped into something or something has backed into it. The hood looks like it is pushed down in the center like the leading edge pushed against something. I've seen this before...
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Old Jan 5, 2006 | 08:37 AM
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Here it is from another angle, no dents or anything, it may have been a replacement hood so like someone else said it may have been not repaired properly maybe?

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Old Jan 5, 2006 | 08:55 AM
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I does not have to have a dent or any evidence of impact to be bent. These hoods if pushed at the nose will bend down like that. The reason it looks like that is because it was pushed on and is bent. Unfortunatley those bends are near impossible to repair properly so my recommendation is to replace the hood with a new one if you want it to look the way it is supposed to.
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