jimmyv13

I thought all TII's came with aluminum hoods. I just checked it with a magnet and sure enough, it's steel. At first I thought it may be aftermarket, but all of the factory stickers are underneath. WTH????


Do I have the only steel TII hood ever made?

vaughnc

Some early TII hoods were steel.

DaleClark

iTrader: (55)

Yep, my old '87 Turbo had a steel hood. We've never found a rhyme or reason as to why some cars have 'em and why some cars don't.

Dale

jimmyv13

Yeah, my born date is 3/86.

What makes it worse is that the hood is red.

banzaitoyota

BUMMER!, mine came AL

UniqueTII

I think it has been determined that the first TIIs to roll off the line had steel hoods. Mine does, and it has a build date of 4/86. I guess that makes it rare and valuable.

stickgoat

My '89 TII has an aluminum hood.

Aluminum is hella schweet.

Turbo II FC

iTrader: (14)

Yea, I picked up my friends steel TII hood and I thought I was lifting weights! Man that thing is super heavy compared to the aluminum TII hoods.

Sandmeister

Steel here! 4/86 build date. All the ones w/ steel I've seen or read about were these really early early ones.

'Vert in Vegas

Fairly rare, I guess.
Valuable? For a lot of reasons, not including the steel hood? Yes.

Aaron Cake

iTrader: (1)

OK...Here's the scoop on hoods (again):

-most early NAs ('86) had Al hoods
-later NAs recieved steel or Al hoods on random
-all verts came with AL hoods
-all GTUs's came with AL hoods
-sports had AL hoods
-early TII's had steel hoods
-later TIIs had a mix of the two

I think that's it.

Ziggy682

Yeah, my early 86 has an aluminum hood. They are so much lighter compared to the steel ones.

seventhgear

i have a sport and its not aluminum so info about sport models is wrong
maybe its just mine though but i doubt it
i have an 87 sport

TurboSmoke

my 87na had an alluminum hood and my 91na has a steel hood.

hawk 7

iTrader: (2)

My date is the same (3/86) but my TII has an aluminum hood. Guess I got lucky.

TurboSmoke

my born on date was 12/90 christmas pressent

silverrotor

iTrader: (1)

My 88 GXL had a Steele Hood. I swapped It for a Turbo II hood. Light as a feather. I think 15 Ibs as opposed to 45Ibs for the Steele one. Correct me on the weight If needed.

TurboSmoke

i dont know if they weigh 45lbs they dont feel that heavy

Barwick

I wanna get myself an aluminum hood without a scoop when I get a FMIC

dr0x

"I wanna get myself an aluminum hood without a scoop when I get a FMIC"

Custom ram air intake, maybe? I think im going to attempt that hehe.

The Ace

My TII is as new/fresh as they get, and it still has the heavy *** steel hood

Damn

Suds7

Anyway to tell the composition of ones hood without removing? 91 N/A

banzaitoyota

a magnet works real well

David88vert

Aluminum hood's front latch loop is rivited in, the steel ones are welded in.
Plus, just lift it, steel will give you a workout.

TurboSmoke

you have a steal hood. i have a 91na and all na's that i am aware of came with steal hoods