David Carter Fiberglass Hood

[rallysam]

That's the "race" version that's cheaper than the "show" version.

I just posted my install thread here:
http://bbs.legacycentral.org/viewtopic.php?t=23435

Here's the group buy where I think they are still for sale:
http://bbs.legacycentral.org/viewtopic. ... 789#115789[/url]

[greg donovan]

i am pretty sure dave is done selling those hoods. it was a total nightmare for him aparently.

[rallysam]

I dunno... I just bought mine about a month ago and he had a whole stack of leftovers (mostly the botched "race" versions)...

[David Carter]

Your right greg..the group buy did me in.. but i still have alot of left overs.. Sam has the link to the info posted..if you go all the way to the end of the thread you can find the prices and conditions..

But yes.. i'm glad the group-buy finally was settled favoriably..now i just got to get rid of the rest of em..

Looks great sam, The car looks angrier

David

[Legacy777]

Very nice pics!

[dzx]

Looks pretty good.

[rallysam]

Thanks, guys!

[legacy92ej22t]

Nice! It looks good painted. =)

[vrg3]

Nice! What's the story on the paint job?

[rallysam]

Are ya curious what happened to the hood since it spent 15 hours bungie-corded to your garage ceiling? (while we banged our heads on it!)

I guess there is a bit of a story to it...

I couldn't bring myself to spray paint it... or even to use my friend's real car painting equipment. So, instead I ended up going to a place that Andrewtech recommended. It was expensive, but it looks OEM.

It's not that I wanted it to look GOOD, it's just that I didn't want it to stand out like a sore thumb. This car is supposed to be a sleeper not a ricer.... and the big fricking hole in the hood plus hood pins already attracts enough attention. If my clumsy ass painted it, I had images of a bright pink, blobby, orange-peel. All I want is "kinda OEM look", which is like the hardest possible thing to ask for in the field of painting.

Ironically, the very DAY they started painting it, my sister-in-law-to-be (what's that called? sister-ance?) told me that a close friend of ours owns a paint shop. "What?!?!" I was like: "I've been talking about painting this hood for weeks and you didn't mention Sabrina's whole family runs a paint shop in the richest part of the city????" (for locals: in downtown Bethesda less than 1 block from Jaleo). That's a quality place that does mercedes for trophy wives, and they would have beaten the other place's price by 20% because of the friend connection. Sigh....

Anyway, all's well that ends well. I'm very very happy with how it turned out.

[David Carter]

my only question is why didn't you paint the bottom of the hood.. no it dosen't have to look pretty..but i would painted it black or something..get rid of thet fiberglass yellow/orange..i dunno

heh. the car looks good. when's the roll cage going in?

David

[rallysam]

my only question is why didn't you paint the bottom of the hood.. no it dosen't have to look pretty..but i would painted it black or something..get rid of thet fiberglass yellow/orange..i dunno

Eh ::shrug:: I could see it either way. I dunno, painting the bottom wouldn't really help me in any way and it would cost a bit more paint shop labor.

heh. the car looks good. when's the roll cage going in?

David

Hee heee

Tempting, but I'm a cheap bastard, so I probably won't bother caging it for rallycross. I'm just going to drive with my right foot down, eyes closed, chanting the rally motto "please god, shiny side up!"

[vrg3]

Are ya curious what happened to the hood since it spent 15 hours bungie-corded to your garage ceiling? (while we banged our heads on it!)

Hehehe, yeah.

I couldn't bring myself to spray paint it... or even to use my friend's real car painting equipment. So, instead I ended up going to a place that Andrewtech recommended. It was expensive, but it looks OEM.

Cool, yeah, it looks great!

If my clumsy ass painted it, I had images of a bright pink, blobby, orange-peel. All I want is "kinda OEM look", which is like the hardest possible thing to ask for in the field of painting.

I guess... I think you coulda done okay. But this is better.

sister-in-law-to-be (what's that called? sister-ance?)

Fiancee's sister?

"I've been talking about painting this hood for weeks and you didn't mention Sabrina's whole family runs a paint shop in the richest part of the city????" (for locals: in downtown Bethesda less than 1 block from Jaleo). That's a quality place that does mercedes for trophy wives, and they would have beaten the other place's price by 20% because of the friend connection. Sigh....

Sigh.

Could you hook me up if I needed stuff painted? It'd only be, like, 4 degrees of separation.

[rallysam]

Could you hook me up if I needed stuff painted? It'd only be, like, 4 degrees of separation.

Hehe, yeah serously. I'll definitely refer you, FWIW

[professor]

Actually you should paint the back - fiberglass likes to be painted, raw exposed glass ends tend to absorb moisture and expand and take the laminate apart eventually

[rallysam]

Actually you should paint the back - fiberglass likes to be painted, raw exposed glass ends tend to absorb moisture and expand and take the laminate apart eventually

Really? That sucks. I guess I'll have to look into that eventually.

[vrg3]

Just Rustoleum the back.

[evolutionmovement]

Epoxy paint would probably seal better. You could go nuts with marine shit, but I think some epoxy spray paint 'll do fine. I always have trouble finding it in flat black, but they do make it as I used it on my '83 GL. Stuff's pretty indestructable, too.

Steve