Larz

I was look into getting an aftermarket hood. I was reading the instructions and it said you need to drill. Is this something I can do myself, or should I get a proffesional? The instructions were rather vauge.

SpiritR

Drill? For hood pins? Shouldnt be for anything but hood pins and if you cant figure it out even without directions, i would say take it to the PROs

keynote22

which hood? a good hood should require little extra work. A poorly made hood could require lots of work.

Here is a pretty detailed piece on hoods:
http://www.negative-camber.org/crispyrx7/hood.htm

and what he had to do:
http://www.negative-camber.org/crispyrx7/arrival.htm



I have one of these:
http://www.atihun.com/

attila has a lengthy write up on the forum somewhere. My hood required drilling out the hinges, moving in the fenders a bit, and lowering the latch...all easily done with a basic ratchet set and a dremmel tool. My hood required no additional work and was a first class job.

Larz

It's an RE amemiya hood. I don't want to get something shipped from japan and butcher it. I've never done a new hood, but I'm a decent mechanic. I work on F-18s for a living. New things just tend to worry me.

SpiritR

Larz---F18s are kids play haha

RE-Amemiya hood cool, I dont think you really need hood pins for it though. Its well made as it looks.