This. The way Ford did the hood decals flows nicely with the hood bulge.

 

That is true but it could be done, very costly for all the sanding time I like the look now, black contrasts well to many colors but none better then yellow IMHO.

I really want to do the hood and I think I will end up that way, I just want to live with it a few days and see. It's about tearing into the factory stuff more then anything but I guess that ship has sailed Thing is - it does not stand out as bad looking with the rear half the way it is.

Mike, I agree and would love to do it that way but the shape of the hood does not allow for it IMO. The 69 hood was raised in the center at the front and flatten out in the rear, this is just the opposite and I think would really look out of place. Makes you wonder what they will do with the 13 and the 70 stripes, to make it look right the would need a special Boss 302 only hood.

Boss man, it is hard to spend the money one month after buying the car, this cost me about a grand not including spoiler, louvers etc. I am lucky enough to be in a position to own a Boss now and since I have it I want to make it my own in a way I will like and enjoy

 

Looks so much better.

 

Too funny, just after personalizing the Boss the personalized plates arrived today

 

Your Boss looks really great! Nice vision.

Was it tempting to order a Grabber Blue?

 

From the new guy around here, congrats. Your car is a real stunner....Its all in the details, and when I look at your car, I see a well thought out, well done car. Outstanding.

 

Nice job!
I'm a fan of matte black accents.

My kona blue GT is going in for paint work next month.
I was going to have between the taillights, stock spoiler, roof, and top of hood cowl painted matte black.
After seeing your Boss with the roof body color, and seeing pictures of a Kona with a matte black roof, I decided to leave my roof kona blue. Saved me a good chunk of money, too, as I was quoted $850 for the decklid, spoiler, roof, and hood cowl, only $385 without the roof.

My only question now is should I have the whole hood bump painted, make it look sort of like a shaker hood, or just the top?
Right now I'm at just the top, the area that the Boss sticker covers.

 

Not sure what you meant by that. It really is up to you but the shape of the hood dictates only painting inside the center raised area. If you are running a continuous stripe(s) down the car (roof and deck lid) then they would have to start at the front of the hood. Seeing how that is not the case here and you are asking my opinion I would stay in the center raised area.

I wanted to go with a broader painted area on the hood like a 69 but I felt it would not look good with the shape of this hood. That would be the way to play it safe, however others have said they might go with a larger 69 style, again it comes down to what you like, you may even think it looks better.

 

Which rear wing is that? Looks nice!! I'm thinking of painting front splitter and rear spoiler white to match my KB / white stripes

 

I got it from Sportwing, cost was good less then $200 but the fit was not perfect and I had to get studs and nuts to make it work as the screw-in type bolts were a major pain in the a$$. I would say stick with OEM CS LS type spoiler if you like that style, I would if I had to do it over. You should get a good price at newfordparts.com.

Check out the "New Wing" thread and you can see pics of Steve's GT500 spoiler on a KB, it looks great also.

 

I'm either going to paint a matte black version of the current Boss glossy decal (minus the pinstripe),
Or
Extend that down the sides of the raised portion. I'm thinking it will look sort of like the Cobra jet shaker hood scoop.
Just bigger.

 

Opps. I read your bio wrong. Thought you had a GB. I see it's GG.

 

Talk with your body guy since I am not an expert, but ... what I was told is that if I painted the center it needs to be a flat base black then clear. So this will leave you with a raised edge unless you plan to reclear the whole hood and that will cost you. The clear would normally just be applied over the newly painted area, I would not want to re-clear the whole hood my self, not only for the cost but you run the risk of not matching texture of the fender tops.

Seeing how you will have an edge with the paint, I plan I doing a sticker. If the car is outside more the paint will last longer and you will not have wax issues but I would still rather the sticker. You can always swap it out in time. Just something to think about.

On the roof being body color, every time I look at I like it more and more

No not really, I would rather have a yellow 70 Boss but I do like the grabber green and orange also. I just got the 70 a few months ago, it had some nice/different options and will make a cool car all finished.

 

Scott, the roof being body color really looks good on your car. Same goes for that spoiler in black. Only thing I'm not fond of is the trunk top being black, but I really like what you've done with the car.

 

That could come out very nice, it would be interesting to see, you should see if one of the guys can photoshop it.

Thanks, I was going after the retro look and I like the way it came out. If the hood strip was wider and extended to the front edge I think it flow better with the deck lid. I would have to see one painted this way first before I would attempt something like that.

 

(double post)

 

Well I finish up the last of the appearance changes to the Boss. Put the matte black hood stripe on and unlike the other changes I am not real happy with it. It looks fantastic from inside the car, what a difference but with the factory shinny side stripes it does not look good. When I had the rear done (deck lid and spoiler) it looked fine with the side stripes the way they were but the hood is totally different.

I was going back and forth about doing this but you never know until you try. I think the Boss would look fantastic with the hood and side stripes all in flat but I do not plan on replacing the side stripes. I thought it would look OK with flat on top and the sides original and that is why I tried this. I think I may have to go back to the original stripe but will miss the way it looks from the inside and the less glare you get.

Just a shot without the hood stripe. I was amazed at how easy the factory stripe peeled off, took me all of two minutes and that was my biggest fear to start with.


here is looking at the car straight on, looks good this way



and here from the side



The stripe was not easy to do, it is very big. I started by lining up the rear and then working forward. In the end it still finished off center at the front, it really is an art form and this was a little big for someone without experience.

 

Holy cow, Scott! That looks really really good! Do the sides!!!!

 

You should have used spray underneath so you could reposition the decal, then used a rubber squeegee to press all the solution out once it's centered....

 

Thanks, I would love to but it is a lot of work.

Here it is from inside, it looks really nice.



Couple of other shots