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RKSport Hood Completed

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Old 4/14/05, 05:56 AM
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Originally posted by stoic21@April 13, 2005, 2:43 PM
How many thousands of dollars did it cost you to get it installed?


Nice by the way

The cost was $450 out the door of the paint shop. This included some fiberglass work , nothing like Brians :bang: , and installing the hood pins.

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Yes let me know next time you set up a get-together and I'll try to show up ...
Old 5/26/05, 08:21 AM
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What kind of fiberglass work was required?
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1. All 4 sides /edges were wavy - had to be straightened
2. The hood itself was very wavy.
3. Each corder was so rounded off, they had to be rebuilt

Now, this last one was a personal option that did not have to be done, but I optioned for it.

1. The grill inside the scoops was crap along with the fiberlgass work around it. So, I had them cut it off, remove their grill, smooth the edges and replace it with a stainless insert.

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Wow...that stinks. I was thinking about getting this hood. Crap....now I have to go back to square one and figure out what I'm gonna do (don't want the cali hood).
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Now, this was my experience. I think that RKSport, per this board and emails to others, made good and fixed these issues. You might want to ask around - but others seems to have better luck on future products than mine.

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Old 5/26/05, 01:28 PM
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Bryan, your car is looking real good. Did you notice a difference in acceleration once you put the ram air hood on?

Originally posted by Stangers@April 9, 2005, 6:59 PM
Hummmmmmmmmmm.........a TMS GT Mod Calender?huuuuuum?
And any news on a TMS calendar? It would be hard picking out 12 cars from this site, but we could all vote. I think it would be cool, and I'd definitely pay 10-15 bucks for it.
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I could not get up to a fast speed. Why ? ...

Hood shake. I have had hood pins installed along with the Reddline hood lifts. As soon as they fix the hood (yes again in the shop) I will get some photos and such.
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man your car looks great but that was retarded the amount of work you had to do to fix it
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it's ridiculous the amount of work you had to do to get it to look like that but it does look great.
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Man, the things we do for our cars...
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I ONLY hope my new ProCharger fits under the hood . If not, I am not sure what I will do

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OMG - all I can say is....um.... WOW!

that is my future paint job also....do you notice an upgrade in HP?
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