Scott - All I've seen on posts about these new hoods is you talking them down and of course you would, they will take sales away from you. From what I've heard they're fantastic hoods. People who know me know I don't stinge on my cars, I always want the best, so, I thought I'd get a new hood, paint and prep it to see. Looks the part will it look the part on my car? Not sure, if it doesn't look the part at least I've tried it. If it isn't I'll keep an eye out for an original. FYI, I was waiting on you to obtain a quote from your builder and have heard nothing back.
All the panels people buy for these cars is "softer" steel from Taiwan, and people shouldn't bigot about these products, yes, some are crap yet others are equal too or better than "US grade" stuff. If you overlook the country of origin some of these products are very good. All of the parts from Goodmarks are made in Taiwan or China and there are heaps of people who are happy with there products. The factory wasn't crash hot either so some may argue, why copy something that wasn't perfect to begin with? Of course there are those with 100% point show cars that trailer them.
$999 for these hoods, complete and ready to paint. Once Madeline is done everyone can have a good nosy with close up photos. I'm not worried one bit. Nothing in the market for hoods is perfect, only original or NOS are correct.
Carl,
I have never "Talked Down" the complete hoods, I have simply made statements based on personal observations concerning features and benifits of both the AMD and the Harms products, if you don't agree with them that's fine, please feel free to debate any observation I have made concerning either product, but please use facts and not generalizations of what you deem is acceptable, fact is, our kits are closer to OEM than anything else, i never said they were 100% exact yet you are debating that for some reason? Of course, I am trying to educate buyers on these differences, that's my job to do so in selling my product, but don't confuse my observations as fabricated in some half hearted effort to knock my competition, I can back every one of my comments with facts should it be required. That being said, as I mentioned in my prior post, BOTH complete hoods and kits have thier advantages and benifits, it just depends on what the wants and needs of the buyers happen to be. Your last post is typical of someone who likes to ignore the facts and make excuses for the vendor they have chosen, that doesn't make anyones product worse or better, it just means you are happy with whatever quality level the parts you bought offer. I find that interesting since you haven't actually seen ANY of these parts in person yet! "ready for paint"? That's to be seen as well.
Concerning the service you recieved from me, I can't explain why you didn't recieve my e-mails, at my end it appeared everything went through fine. Since you never attempted to contact me (you know, like a quick e-mail asking "Hey where's my quote" etc.) I would have responded. Keep in mind, I SELL KITS, not flat hoods, not conversions, and not shipping services, I went through allot of phone calls and back and forth with a private body shop in getting you a quote, they are not "my builder" just a shop that I reccomend as they had done a good number of conversions for my past customers, it's not a normal service I offer, I was going above and beyond to try and help you. If you want proof of this I'll gladly send you copies of my e-mails. At any rate it's water under the bridge now, you bought a hood. BTW, what ever happened to the origianal Shaker hood you bought, remember? The day after you bought and paid for my kit you wanted a refund (which you recieved in full the same day) because you found an original hood? Now you are buying a reproduction hood? Maybe I missed something?
