05-09 Exterior Modifications Making Your '05 Stand Out from the Crowd
View Poll Results: Which hood stripe or a scoop?
Black Boss 302 hood stripe
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Black Mach 1 styled stripe
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Black U-stripe
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32.00%
Black hood scoop
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I still cannot decide on a hood stripe...

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Old 10/5/11, 08:51 PM
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I still cannot decide on a hood stripe...

I am still going around and around in my head about which hood stripe to go with... My Mustang is an '08 in performance white and has a plain flat featureless hood. I never thought it would be so hard to pick the right finishing touch but for me the car looks unfinished with nothing on the hood.

Here is what I have...




These are the choices I am considering...

1. Black Boss 302 stripe

2. Black Mach I style stripe

3. Black U-stripe

4. Black hood scoop
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I like #3. matches the C stripe on the doors and will be unique
Old 10/5/11, 09:21 PM
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Originally Posted by phiggs54
I like #3. matches the C stripe on the doors and will be unique
I wonder if anyone has ever noticed that the "U" stripe for the hood was actually inspired by the ones used on the Maverick Grabbers from the mid-1970's?

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U stripe looks good with what you have already.
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#2 my vote
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#3 looks best IMO
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Originally Posted by phiggs54
I like #3. matches the C stripe on the doors and will be unique
X2!! It really ties it in together.
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I think a simple black shaker always goes good...love the foose or Fang hoods with the center spear too. in the pics its hard to judge the photochop on a 2010 with the hood bulge compared to your 05-09hood...

heres a pic of mine the day we painted it - fang/aeroform hood and shaker, with a kinda 70-ish mach1 stripe. my kids had been begging me to put white or silver stripes on mine, but I REALLY love the shakers, and REALLY loved the 69-ish hoods...
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Originally Posted by ford4v429
I REALLY love the shakers, and REALLY loved the 69-ish hoods...
I also love the shaker and 69 hood too, though it's all out of my budget. I plan to keep my car at least a few more years until the all new 2015 comes out, so I do not want to waste too much $$$ on mods.

While I was doing these photochops, I also did each style hood stripe showcasing a shaker scoop and they all look good!

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I say 1 or 4 looks best...
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Thats the best combo yu will get
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But this is what I went for. Since yu dont have the hood I think the ones you choosed could not look to good though
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Originally Posted by ford4v429
I think a simple black shaker always goes good...love the foose or Fang hoods with the center spear too. in the pics its hard to judge the photochop on a 2010 with the hood bulge compared to your 05-09hood...

heres a pic of mine the day we painted it - fang/aeroform hood and shaker, with a kinda 70-ish mach1 stripe. my kids had been begging me to put white or silver stripes on mine, but I REALLY love the shakers, and REALLY loved the 69-ish hoods...
Where did you get that hood? Or is it custom?
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Originally Posted by B1GP1MP1N
Where did you get that hood? Or is it custom?
http://www.aeroform.com/2005-2009mus...oodsystem.aspx


'foose' has a similar hood in ALUMINUM, they are on ebay once in a while as seconds/paint imperfection rejects for 5-600...probably sold out now

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I vote for #2.
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Originally Posted by Victorfriessen
But this is what I went for. Since yu dont have the hood I think the ones you choosed could not look to good though
that stripe/scoop would get my vote over the ones in the poll
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Originally Posted by ford4v429

http://www.aeroform.com/2005-2009mus...oodsystem.aspx

'foose' has a similar hood in ALUMINUM, they are on ebay once in a while as seconds/paint imperfection rejects for 5-600...probably sold out now
Thanks for the link. I am thinking about going 69 - 70 Mach 1 look on my GT and this hood is perfect
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Originally Posted by Victorfriessen
But this is what I went for. Since yu dont have the hood I think the ones you choosed could not look to good though
I actually had that look a short while a couple of years ago, but because of my lousy installation skills I took it off because it was crooked and it had a couple of bad spots. It drove me crazy when I looked at it head on and it was too obviously off center to the RH side. I wanted to replace it but I have been putting it off. And now that I have the Boss/Grabber side stripes I want something different to go with it.
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Well changing style always makes the same car more intresting everytime you look at it,but if you had that style before you could change the hood to...


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