Shine Auto Project x William's Auto Body FEED Hood
03-16-13, 09:38 PM
#1
Shine Auto Project x William's Auto Body FEED Hood
I figured I'd share my hood project with you all to show what is involved. I had the FEED vents molded into my stock aluminum hood. Although this is undoubtedly a harder route, it is still a viable option for those that may be interested.
There is nothing wrong with a full fiberglass or carbon hood, but I was keen on retaining all the functionalities of the stock hood, i.e. guaranteed fitment, obviating the need of hood pins, etc.
However, Shine's revised FEED hood was actually very on-point with the fitment in my experience, since it was essentially based off the stock hood's shell.
I hit up boss man Ken @ Shine and he came through with an FRP piece of just the vent section. I then brought it over to William's Auto Body in San Mateo, CA to do the work. William has made custom vented hoods for Z cars and whatnot, so I decided to challenge him even further with this
First, a very measured and precise cut had to be made into the stock hood.
Vent placed on top for reference, before trimming to fit.
Starting the molding process...
Smoothing and blocking.
...Continued on the next post...
There is nothing wrong with a full fiberglass or carbon hood, but I was keen on retaining all the functionalities of the stock hood, i.e. guaranteed fitment, obviating the need of hood pins, etc.
However, Shine's revised FEED hood was actually very on-point with the fitment in my experience, since it was essentially based off the stock hood's shell.
I hit up boss man Ken @ Shine and he came through with an FRP piece of just the vent section. I then brought it over to William's Auto Body in San Mateo, CA to do the work. William has made custom vented hoods for Z cars and whatnot, so I decided to challenge him even further with this
First, a very measured and precise cut had to be made into the stock hood.
Vent placed on top for reference, before trimming to fit.
Starting the molding process...
Smoothing and blocking.
...Continued on the next post...
Last edited by Farkel; 03-16-13 at 09:56 PM.
03-16-13, 09:39 PM
#2
Primered.
Cutting out the vent holes.
...And after paint and installed!
Excuse the filthy car... it was actually repainted by William last summer and I've been neglecting the paint work
I love the way the hood turned out. There's still a few more things to do like reinforcing the vents with mesh and I'm going to have the back part of the vents painted flat black.
Anyway, hopefully this provides some insight on the possibilities of such an endeavor
Cutting out the vent holes.
...And after paint and installed!
Excuse the filthy car... it was actually repainted by William last summer and I've been neglecting the paint work
I love the way the hood turned out. There's still a few more things to do like reinforcing the vents with mesh and I'm going to have the back part of the vents painted flat black.
Anyway, hopefully this provides some insight on the possibilities of such an endeavor
Last edited by Farkel; 03-16-13 at 09:47 PM.
03-17-13, 01:52 PM
#5
Thanks guys. The vents were only opened up so much because it was a balance of compromising rigidity. If the holes were wider, then the side areas of the vents would be weaker. Plus, the under structure of the stock hood sort of blocks the vent areas on the sides.
I just like how the FEED hood allows for heat relief, but I'm skeptical on its performance versus other more aggressively vented hoods (a la Scoot, RE-Amemiya). Still, it is definitely the sexiest design in my book
I just like how the FEED hood allows for heat relief, but I'm skeptical on its performance versus other more aggressively vented hoods (a la Scoot, RE-Amemiya). Still, it is definitely the sexiest design in my book
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03-27-16, 01:15 PM
#18
Check out his site:
Shine x William?s Auto Body FEED Hood | Grand Mighty
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07-05-18, 05:18 AM
#21
I followed Eric's amazing build and I'm taking my car to the shop on Monday for the exact same hood job.
Besides the 2 year bump If any of you have any build photos that want to share in order to help give some ideas please upload. Thanks
Besides the 2 year bump If any of you have any build photos that want to share in order to help give some ideas please upload. Thanks
