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rasilverbird 01-02-2023 04:45 PM

Aftermarket hood and scoop fitment
 
Anyone having issues getting factory scoops to fit on their aftermarket hood? I can't get the driver's side to go in. Seems like to needs to go back farther to slide in, but there's no room. Passenger side a workable.

rasilverbird 01-02-2023 05:08 PM

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gto4evr 01-03-2023 10:30 PM

I've never had an aftermarket hood to speak from experience, but I recall some discussion in older threads here about the repop hoods needed the lip that tucks under the back of the scoop trimmed down a little. looking at your picture, not sure that would help as it looks like the opening is just too small but maybe with that trimming, the scoop would ride up a bit further at the back to allow the front to drop into the valley.

rasilverbird 01-04-2023 01:07 PM

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Originally Posted by gto4evr (Post 6397807)
I've never had an aftermarket hood to speak from experience, but I recall some discussion in older threads here about the repop hoods needed the lip that tucks under the back of the scoop trimmed down a little. looking at your picture, not sure that would help as it looks like the opening is just too small but maybe with that trimming, the scoop would ride up a bit further at the back to allow the front to drop into the valley.

This is what I'm going to try. Hopefully it works. It stresses me out putting in a taking out these scoops a dozen times over fresh paint though!

gto4evr 01-04-2023 09:53 PM

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Originally Posted by rasilverbird (Post 6397903)
This is what I'm going to try. Hopefully it works. It stresses me out putting in a taking out these scoops a dozen times over fresh paint though!

good luck! I hear that on the stress - I learned the hard way early on to fit everything BEFORE paint even if you think you already had good fits just as a final check - even all factory parts can still need some tweaks like fenders to endura, valence to fenders, etc.

Baron Von Zeppelin 01-05-2023 01:47 AM

Some of the aftermarket hoods need to have the repop scoops too.
Not 100% sure right now but seems like this is one of them.

Greg Reid 01-05-2023 01:42 PM

BVZ, l recall that being the case as well when this subject came up in the past. Repop hood, repop scoop.


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