Best "fit/quality" fiberglass/carbon fiber hood?

[6carmello8]

Hi all,

Right now I have the SS hood for the 68 camaro and want to go with a 1" cowl hood and I want to go with fiberglass or carbon fiber.

Fiberglass and carbon fiber hood are notorious for not fitting correctly but I'm sure there are a few manufacturers that do it right.

Any recommendations?

[Ron in SoCal]

Mello - Anvil does a pretty good job w QC and standing behind their product. There's some pics in my build thread - see my sig line - if you want to view their fitment.

No CF or fiberglass hood will fit as good as OEM steel, and many aftermarket steel hoods can be adjusted to a very tight tolerance. It's just the nature of the beast, so know that as you decide on whether or not to do it.

P.S. I believe they come in 2" cowl hoods...

[6carmello8]

Originally Posted by Ron in SoCal

Mello - Anvil does a pretty good job w QC and standing behind their product. There's some pics in my build thread - see my sig line - if you want to view their fitment.

No CF or fiberglass hood will fit as good as OEM steel, and many aftermarket steel hoods can be adjusted to a very tight tolerance. It's just the nature of the beast, so know that as you decide on whether or not to do it.

P.S. I believe they come in 2" cowl hoods...

The OEM steel fitting best is the same thing the guy at the body shop told me too.

I'm not really against the OEM steel but the weight savings would be nice and figure fiberglass or carbon would be less prone to dents. I already got two dents on my upper valance from the mechanic Anyways, I'll look into Anvil.

[Track Junky]

VFN makes the best fitting fiberglass. I once ran fiberglass doors and they were perfect. I also ran their cowl hood and that was a great fit also.

[19,69camaro]

Have you looked into aluminum hoods? AMD makes a good looking one than only weighs slightly more than cf

[Track Junky]

Here are photos of the Aluminum front clip. You can see a slight crown in the hood at mid fenders. Not sure this is the case with all hoods they have made although I have a buddy that got a hood with the same issue.

[Vegas69]

Are you sure that's not from to much spring pressure?

[GregWeld]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

Are you sure that's not from to much spring pressure?

Great question Todd....

No way can you use stock steel hood springs on a fiberglass or aluminum hood.

[BBC71Nova]

I thought I read somewhere that the AMD aluminum hood shipped with replacement hood hinge springs that were supposed to be "correct" tension.

This is slightly concerning because I was planning on their aluminum hood as well. As was mentioned, it is only slightly heavier than the fiberglass or CF/fiberglass hybrid hoods. Full CF hood is gonna be lighter but comes at a 2X price.

[Track Junky]

Originally Posted by Vegas69

Are you sure that's not from to much spring pressure?

The aluminum hoods come with the correct springs.