blending fenders?

 

If they don't have to blend the paint from the new hood to match the paint on the old fenders (which is fading always) then it might be a little cheaper to paint.

My rig didn't require any bleding so I got away with about $800, but that was three years ago.

The carbon hood is cool, but seems to me to fit better on a rocket (e.g. Evo) than a truck. Just my 2Cents

 

so if you want them to blend it (shouldnt have to on mine since its mill. silver, at least i would assume not) do you just install the hood unpainted, and they paint it while its installed?

 

I'd guess it depends on the painter. I just took all the parts to the shop and had them paint, assemble, and install. Seems to me easier on them to take it uninstalled because on mine they painted the underside to match the engine bay. I also added the underhood insulation to quiet the supercharger a bit.

Hope this helps.

 

It really does look good, but in my humble opinion, not $1000 good. If it were functional I could better understand it. Trucks beg for functional mods far more than they beg for asthetic mods, afterall, they are trucks and should be used as such!

-Sherpa

 

I finally put on my Hannemann fiberglass hood after having it sit in my garage for months and months. I need to get it painted though b/c it looks like all the prerunners around here with a white hood that doesn't match the paint.

I'll post pics when i get em

About functional: The fiberglass hood has the scoop part cut out. In that way i guess it does move some air through there. Don't tell me about drag/wind resistance. This is on my 95 (3.slow). I could probably find one of those intakes off of a car that has a flat/wide initial intake that tapers down into a tube. Maybe i'll go to the yards after finals week.

Edit: this is on the one in my avatar

 

im contemplating the same thing, but it will only cost me about $300 for paint, labor, and toyota factory parts... working in a body shop is great.

 

Pretty soon it'll be the "thing" to not have a scoop.

 

1000 is a lot!!! how much is a carbon fiber hood?

 

You can do the hood for around $600 if you search around and you can get the shell here http://www.partstrain.com/products/p...NNER&year=2000 then get the scoop parts from Toyota and get it painted or try ebay and if you luck out you'll find one the same color as your Runner but they are a pricey piece of factory "rice" no matter which route you take.

Alos Partstrain is having a one day sale and the hood is $110 plus shipping.

 

I'm the first to admit I don't "need" half the crap I have on the truck. Just adds some fun to my life. Cheers to all of you in the hood!

 

is the cheaper shell any different in quality?

 

nice!!! i wish the 4-runner hoods would bolt right on a tacoma

 

VIS carbon fiber hood with scoop $529

http://www.burtmanindustries.com/zoo...run_hood_96_02


Id trade my oem black scooped hood for a cf one!

haha