Installing glass hood scoop on steel hood

[MoparMikey]

Those of you that have installed a bolt on fiberglass scoop on your stock hood, how many have glassed in the two or just leave it with a seam? Opinions?

 

[Photon440]

Glassing directly onto steel will often result in cracks. A thin layer of high strength body filler first, and glass on top will usually bond better.

If you're looking for a factory style, for the cost of the scoop and labour of installing it, you might want to look at a whole fiberglass hood that already incorporates the scoop you want.

-=Photon440=-

 

[MoparMikey]

No one makes a SS Hemi hood for a 65 Coronet (bolt on) that I can find. My labor is free!
But my question is opinions on leaving the scoop with a seam or glass it?

 

[HitIt]

The seam is original, so personally I vote for that.

 

[Meep-Meep]

I put a Max Wedge style scoop on a 63 Dodge and I left the seam. It was a quick installation, and I had to contour the scoop to the hood, but it looked pretty good in the end. I say leave the seam if you can do a good job fitting the two together.

 

[gearheadbill]

seam ?

Seam for sure !

 

[snakeoil24]

The seam is the best idea. if you try to blend the scoop to the metal hood your going to have difficult results. The factory scoops where metal. Run a rubber gasket bead under the mounting if you have any noise issues. Squeaks are easy to deal with but blending the glass to steel is a real nightmare.

 

[Mopardrt]

I have a six pack scoop on my 1974 swinger and I left the seam no muss no fuss

 

[hendo0601]

I have a fiberglass max wedge scoop for my 63 Polara that I have yet to install for this very reason. Does anyone have any close-up pictures of the seam left from the installation?

 

[Red63440]

Who makes the best reproduction without actually going to aluminum? Do you purchace with an outside flange or inside?

 

[snakeoil24]

AAR Fiberglass located in Florida is the best for the money and reinforced with steel.

 

[Jim Bob The Dancing Bear]

Sled city is where I will be going. On another forum there is a comparison of the AAR vs The Sled City. Hands down the Sled City is a much nicer piece.

http://www.66-67charger.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=125696#Post125696

 

[shag766]

i just had a glass scoop put on a steel hood by an old body shop owner and he says it will last. it is sealed and looks pretty good. he is the go to guy around this area and has done some other stuff for me thats lasted. how? i didn't ask, but if you want to know, i will. he also filled in the air vent slots that ran along the back ridge. i think it looks pretty good. buying the scoop and install ran about a g-note.:headbang:

p.s.; its not mopar but it is what it is.

 

[Sixer]

The blended in version will be only as good as the hood is strong. Once you cut the bracing for the opening, flex will take care of your blend job. The Dart pictured above has a smaller hood, less area to flex-the bigger the hood (area) the less likely you are to succeed. This assumes of course that you plan on it being a functional scoop.

 

[MoparMikey]

Sled city is where I will be going. On another forum there is a comparison of the AAR vs The Sled City. Hands down the Sled City is a much nicer piece.

http://www.66-67charger.com/forum/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=125696#Post125696

My problem(s) with sled city is they took forever to get back to me via email. Then they don't take credit cards, they want me to mail a money order, no way. I don't have time for running around for money orders and use my credit cards for over the phone purchases. That also is a red flag since it's very difficult to get a refund from a money order purchase, try impossible.

 

[snakeoil24]

That scoop does not look like an aar Scoop. All AAR are done ion black

 

[roadrunnerman]

i bought a steel satelite hood that had a 6-pack hood scoop put on it.It had been glassed over the edge of the scoop onto the hood and is starting to crack thru.So i will have to repair that before i paint it.Bought it from another member here but i'm still happy with the purchase.

 

[Ron 73]

i just had a glass scoop put on a steel hood by an old body shop owner and he says it will last. it is sealed and looks pretty good. he is the go to guy around this area and has done some other stuff for me thats lasted. how? i didn't ask, but if you want to know, i will. he also filled in the air vent slots that ran along the back ridge. i think it looks pretty good. buying the scoop and install ran about a g-note.:headbang:

p.s.; its not mopar but it is what it is.

That looks great Rick! May not be a Mopar but thats a good job whoever did it, heck that would look good even on a chevelle ;) 70 possibly.

I put one on a Camaro once, glass to metal, I bolted it down and used duroglass around the seams. Worked but ive seen a lot that never put anything on and they do look good. i think they did anyway. Hardest is a good fit, if you can get it looking right id leave it..

 

[shag766]

That looks great Rick! May not be a Mopar but thats a good job whoever did it, heck that would look good even on a chevelle ;) 70 possibly.

I put one on a Camaro once, glass to metal, I bolted it down and used duroglass around the seams. Worked but ive seen a lot that never put anything on and they do look good. i think they did anyway. Hardest is a good fit, if you can get it looking right id leave it..

ron; smart ***:headbang: