Just curious if they are the same? Trying to work a deal on a TII s5 hood and I have a s4

 

IIRC, It doesn't matter.

 

they're the same, try to get aluminum.

 

It is aluminum. Really only reason I want it. Id like to find the gtus one cuz that doesnt have the hood scoop but is still aluminum from what I have read

 

Not only the GTUs got the aluminum hood. A lot of random S4s recieved them for no particular reason it seems. I pulled mine NA alum hood off of a 86 base for $25. Also, I believe the Convertibles recieved them to keep weight down and avoid the Gas Guzzler tax, but not possitive on that one.

 

Damn my hood is heavy!...I want a tin can hood also :[

Everytime I lift it...its like workout

 

lol, ridiculous isn't it?

 

Only upside to steel hoods is that they are much resilient to denting. Poor aluminum hoods can get dings if you look at them wrong.

 

 

Yea I have a 91' N/a and my hood weighs a million pounds......stupid steel hoods.

 

i have a s5 vert and i could probably hold it up with one hand easily(and im a twig, not a branch but a twig). so ******* light. id estimate no more than 20lbs but thats just a ball park.

 

Most people don't really care, but the hinges and hood striker on the body are supposedly different, due to corrosion reasons. In terms of strength, it doesn't matter, because you're going from heavy to light.

 

The hood latches are different as well. Having an aluminum hood and the latch for a steel hood makes me cringe every time I slam it to get it shut.

 

I've got both latches and physically they are identical so the difference would be the spring.
If your hood doesn't come with the matching latch you could always go to Ace Hardware and find a lighter spring- probably take some experimenting- and be OK.

 

Thats a good idea. I bought the latch off the car the aluminum hood was on, but conisdering the hinges were steel as well, It probably wasnt the original hood. Makes me sick to have to slam that aluminum hood every time.

 

All vert hoods are aluminum.