ocn
08-25-2013, 06:23 PM
no s13 frontend hood and cant afford it, easy fix.. i got this frontend from a guy that i traded my pop front too and the hood he had got all smashed up. and i dont have 500 for a new hood so heres what i did.
here is my hood
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j232/hornet2005/20130818_135816_zpsbf641748.jpg (http://s81.photobucket.com/user/hornet2005/media/20130818_135816_zpsbf641748.jpg.html)
the donor hood
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j232/hornet2005/20130818_135809_zps510599f8.jpg (http://s81.photobucket.com/user/hornet2005/media/20130818_135809_zps510599f8.jpg.html)
cut the front lip off the donor hood to extend the nose and welded it up to my hood
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j232/hornet2005/20130818_154307_zpsf63be830.jpg (http://s81.photobucket.com/user/hornet2005/media/20130818_154307_zpsf63be830.jpg.html)
cut some cover plates out then folded the lips over to keep the edge the same as original
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j232/hornet2005/20130824_123555_zps8727ac61.jpg (http://s81.photobucket.com/user/hornet2005/media/20130824_123555_zps8727ac61.jpg.html)
bondo to hide welds and sanded seams
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j232/hornet2005/20130824_141813_zpsed244434.jpg (http://s81.photobucket.com/user/hornet2005/media/20130824_141813_zpsed244434.jpg.html)
this is the finished hood with flat black paint till i can afford to get my car painted next year. i still need to wet sand the flat black but you get the idea.
thx.
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j232/hornet2005/20130825_185331_zps76042daf.jpg (http://s81.photobucket.com/user/hornet2005/media/20130825_185331_zps76042daf.jpg.html)
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j232/hornet2005/20130825_185344_zpsa7579850.jpg (http://s81.photobucket.com/user/hornet2005/media/20130825_185344_zpsa7579850.jpg.html)
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j232/hornet2005/20130825_185357_zps90420d0b.jpg (http://s81.photobucket.com/user/hornet2005/media/20130825_185357_zps90420d0b.jpg.html)
here is my hood
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j232/hornet2005/20130818_135816_zpsbf641748.jpg (http://s81.photobucket.com/user/hornet2005/media/20130818_135816_zpsbf641748.jpg.html)
the donor hood
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j232/hornet2005/20130818_135809_zps510599f8.jpg (http://s81.photobucket.com/user/hornet2005/media/20130818_135809_zps510599f8.jpg.html)
cut the front lip off the donor hood to extend the nose and welded it up to my hood
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j232/hornet2005/20130818_154307_zpsf63be830.jpg (http://s81.photobucket.com/user/hornet2005/media/20130818_154307_zpsf63be830.jpg.html)
cut some cover plates out then folded the lips over to keep the edge the same as original
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j232/hornet2005/20130824_123555_zps8727ac61.jpg (http://s81.photobucket.com/user/hornet2005/media/20130824_123555_zps8727ac61.jpg.html)
bondo to hide welds and sanded seams
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j232/hornet2005/20130824_141813_zpsed244434.jpg (http://s81.photobucket.com/user/hornet2005/media/20130824_141813_zpsed244434.jpg.html)
this is the finished hood with flat black paint till i can afford to get my car painted next year. i still need to wet sand the flat black but you get the idea.
thx.
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j232/hornet2005/20130825_185331_zps76042daf.jpg (http://s81.photobucket.com/user/hornet2005/media/20130825_185331_zps76042daf.jpg.html)
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j232/hornet2005/20130825_185344_zpsa7579850.jpg (http://s81.photobucket.com/user/hornet2005/media/20130825_185344_zpsa7579850.jpg.html)
http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j232/hornet2005/20130825_185357_zps90420d0b.jpg (http://s81.photobucket.com/user/hornet2005/media/20130825_185357_zps90420d0b.jpg.html)