Yesterday was a bad day for me. my 7 got overheated, and one of the fan motor doesnt work, and at the end of the day, my hood pop up while I was driving. here are some photos to tell the story






Now I am looking for a hood, any suggestions?

thanx everyone

 

If your going to get a vented hood, now is the time.

I had that happen to me in my first car, freaked me out.

 

I am looking for a vented hood . . . . .

luckly only the hood got damage, I was going 35 mph at the time

 

P.S. You need a duct on your intercooler.

 

And how the hell did the hood poped up?

 

well after i replace my hood, i am going to design the duct for the intercooler and air filter. . . .

well the hood latch broke, and here is a pic for it

https://www.rx7club.com/showthread.p...5&pagenumber=2

 

make sure to buy hoodpins for yoru aftermarket hood. its too bad that you have to be the posterboy for why even stock hoods need hood pins. did you try to jump on the hood and hit it with a hammer to get it kinda back in to shape so you could at least drive with it? it is aluminum so it should bend pretty easily. some bondo and paint could hold you over till you get another hood.

P.S. i suggest scoot when you go with an aftermarket one

 

I know someone who is selling a new carbon fiber scoot replica hood for around somewhere in the $500 range. I don't remember exactly the price. If your interested email me and I could can pass the word to him. yetisoldier2000@yahoo.com

 

Whe the previous owner had my car, the hood latch broke off too. Wierd ****.


Anyways, it has been welded now for awhile and no problems except for the reverse dent it left when it broke.

 

the funny thing is I order the hood pin, and it should arrive here sometime this week . . . . . . .

after some research today, the cheapest i found is this one

http://www.wickedbodies.net/Acc-93-96-RX7.html

the racing hood #E453HOOD and its 303 dollars, What do you guys think . . .

thanks for the help guys

 

I suggest going for one with more venting, such as one of the VIS knockoffs of everybody elses' designs. Other options are buying one of AitHun's hoods, one from Rotary Extreme, RX7Store.net, or ebay. There are other places that sell them at reasonable prices though I can't list exactly where. Also, be glad you have options and don't have to put a replacement from the factory, they cost like $800 plus painting and shipping (I know cuz someone hit me while I was stopped and put a dent in mine, fortunately he was insured and accepted right away that it was his fault.) Good luck, Josh

 

looks like a mazdaspeed replica. are the vents functional or just for looks? id make sure you find one that has functional vents if your having overheating problems.