Man those look gorgeous, can anyone chime in on their reputation and customer service. Cause the fibreglass hood i purchased really stung!

those look sweet :thumbs:

i hope things work out OP

Thanks bigswiss89. I appreciate the support.

This is a Hi-Tech although in carbon it is the same as their hood in glass, (this is the original vented hood, note only 4 open vents). The fit and finish is as good as to be expected with an aftermarket hood. Any time a part is "knocked off" another part there will be a compromise in quality. It is a shame (or as some would say, a compliment) for someone to "copy" a product. In defense of whoever made the, knockoff hood in this thread, it does not apear the hood was "fit" to the car. Or should I say, the car was fit to the hood. All the adjoining parts, fenders, latch, hinges, and bumpers would and will need adjustment.

http://i978.photobucket.com/albums/a...y/P1020526.jpg
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First, your car is gorgeous! Second did u have to make any modifications for urs to fit or was a plug and play with no body shop work?

It's also available in fiberglass. I think it's $1,245 and add $350 for carbon.

BJK

Do you currently own this hood?

So who was the bad vendor I was looking for this hood but want to make sure I'm not screwed

Hopefully the vendor will make good on the hood. I have had issues with parts before, it happens. But the vendors I have bought from (all CF vendors) have been amazing and stand by their products. OP, I would dispute the complete charge and get one from a VF vendor. Maybe it will be more expensive, maybe not, but you will get great customer service and that is worth the price!! Good luck!!

It's my understanding that this is from a vendor here. Also, being a vendor here really only means you're paying your dues....we've had a LOT of bad vendors come through, although most are pretty decent.

Bondo
 

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/memb...ood-141592.jpg

A little Bondo will fix that right up.

No, I decided to go with the world challenge hood from Zip-Corvette. I wanted more ventilation than is offered by the Hitech hood. I also didn't care for the way the hood slope met up with the front bumper.
http://www.zip-corvette.com/ProductD...L2-SR&CTitle=&

BJK

The company that sold me that hood, to my knowledge is not a vendor on this forum. Man, i still fell pain in my wallet, like when a bee gets you and its stinger stays on your skin. Has anyone had this happen with a bee stinger?

lmao!!!!

Ah, well that's good.

Still would be good to know what brand hood it is though just in case someone else is selling it.

I got that same style hood with all 6 ports open through Ecklers. The fit wasn't 100% but my body shop was able to work with it. We adjusted the bumper and both front fenders to fit it.
http://i1232.photobucket.com/albums/...f2k/vette6.jpg

Now that hood looks to fit pretty good. The lines on that hood looks good and along the fender looks straight and looks to fit the sides of the fender good. It looks to be a Good part.

That hood is B@d @$$ :thumbs:

That is the best looking hood for the C6 Vette.

http://forums.corvetteforum.com/atta...ech-hood-3.jpg

Thats hood looks VERY GOOD on your car. Great looking color also. :thumbs:

With this hood being so popular you'd think the vendors would work to get the fit as close to 100% as possible.

It would be good if there was a list of vendors that offered this style hood with a "Good Fit"... It would help avoid having another unhappy customer / member...

I know we all are excited when we get something new and cant wait to get it... But if it arrives broken, damaged, or defective it can give you a very bad feeling. It would help if there was a way to avoid the bad parts.

Thanks for the compliment!
The only modification"I" did was to bevel the side and front edges on the bottom that meet the gaskets, this makes for a nicer fit as the stock hood is thinner. I mounted the hood to the car myself and as I said, it is necessary to adjust the fenders, hinges, latch, and snubbers. These parts all need to be adjusted even with factory parts (the reason they are adjustable). I chose to leave the outside carbon but had the bottom painted Cyber Grey (comes black).



The fit is as good as it gets. This hood has been around for awhile, and is the original. The bottom could be finished a little nicer, depends on how much time you want to spend on it. My avatar is the bottom.