Here's the ROUGH buck. We're still going to work it over so the vents are smoother and the surface will be sanded to a glass-like finish before we go to final mould. It at least shows the shape and you can see where the vents will be cut.

 

sweet

 

Not bad

 

not bad???? thats beauty...i have so much more respect for glassers afetr today...imade my first fiberglas part and boy was it a pain in the ***...good job on the hood...

 

Ooooooo... I want one!


When do you expect to have them for sale? I want to get one before I get my car painted (mid september)

 

Damn those vents are enourmous. Looks sweet. Once you cut the vents out are you putting some kind of mesh screen in or just leaving them open? like lotus said, when are they gonna be for sale?

 

that look's hot as hell man very nice work.....what's the expected price going to be? and what material's that hood made of? fiberglass?

 

Vent or open will be left up to the customer, who can cut vents to suit. Some want three stacked slits, some want vertical slits, some want open holes, some want mesh screened holes, etc.

It's taking a lot longer thna I'd anticipated but I'd rather wait and have a product I'm proud of. I expect to have it mold-ready by next Wednesday, but then there's laying up a few prototypes, painting them, test fitting, alterations, etc.

 

I'm kinda wishing I didn't already put on my hood scoop. Sweet though man.

 

when you do get it all ready...would you mind getting some super high rez pics of the CF and fiberglass versions for those of us on the fence

 

Fibreglass will come first with CF a month or so behind.

 

That hood looks so sexxy !

 

That is indeed, very, very, very sweet. You did a good job

 

That's brilliant! I'm in the market for a hood. I've been debating the Mariah Hood, side skirts and Mode 4 front air dam, prior to new paint and body side mouldings. Now, I have to make a decision as really admire your work! It looks fantastic. I'm looking forward to the production order status.

 

Excellent! It may go well with my color as is unpainted. Can't wait to see the CF finish.

 

The buck is actually painted - black, so we can see the flaws that need fixing.

 

painted, is the only way to be able to see the flaws.. looks good man. i sure hope you've test fitted that one,, looks a little flat in the front, between the headlights. that curve tries to flatten out. for alignment i used wooden dowls to mark the position of the hinge bolts. a steady , landmark,starting point or referance point..

Manntis, are you saying thats the 'buck' and now your going to use that to build the mould around. your still building the mould ?

i'd like to see what the underdside looks like...

progress,,forward.

 

once the buck is flawless we cast the mould from it - the mould itself won't take long at all

 

when do u expect to have a final version of the hood ready by and what is the price for this work of art :P

 

Just a i expected, that looks awesome! great job! By far the best hood i've seen IMO.

 

so how much wil they b going 4?

 

as stated in previous threads, I'm shooting for $299 FRP and $499 CF

 

Let us all know where to send the $ !!!

 

keep watching www.rotorhead.ca

 

very nice indeed, don't know if I missed it on another post but will it require hood pins?