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    Offline Oz-E-Body

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    Your thoughts on these hood scoops would be appreciated.
    « on: May 18, 2009 - 02:39:56 PM »

    O.k I’ve finally finished all the hard work on my Chally resto and I’m at the stage of bolting all the bits back on. I’m playing around with a few different looks and I’d like some feedback on these hood scoops. As you can see I’ve polished the outer rim and blacked out the inner part as appose to painting them body colour.
    Your thoughts would be appreciated.
    Thanks

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    Offline Mike70

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    Re: Your thoughts on these hood scoops would be appreciated.
    « Reply #1 on: May 18, 2009 - 03:18:35 PM »
    I like it!  :2thumbs:

    Did you paint the inside red, is it a reflector, or......? I thought it was lights at first.

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    Offline bb71challenger

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    Re: Your thoughts on these hood scoops would be appreciated.
    « Reply #2 on: May 18, 2009 - 06:53:30 PM »
    I think if you dig it then go for it. To be honest I dont like scoops painted anything other than body color but thats just me. My brother in law has chrome scoops on his SE Challenger and they do stand out for sure.
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    Re: Your thoughts on these hood scoops would be appreciated.
    « Reply #3 on: May 18, 2009 - 07:05:53 PM »
    It gives some tasteful contrast and goes well with the cars color. My  :2cents:
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    Offline 73Chally

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    « Reply #4 on: May 18, 2009 - 07:08:28 PM »
    Looks different, but not for me.  I like the body color.
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    Offline 426HEMI

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    Re: Your thoughts on these hood scoops would be appreciated.
    « Reply #5 on: May 18, 2009 - 08:41:59 PM »
    It is up to you on your own car.  I like the original look the best.
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    Offline rallye5.7

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    Re: Your thoughts on these hood scoops would be appreciated.
    « Reply #6 on: May 18, 2009 - 09:08:34 PM »
    And I thought I was going to be unique. I've see them painted black on a red car with the hood stripe. When I took mine apart and not being a fan of stripes I sent mine out and had them chromed. The pics aren't great but here it is.
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    Offline bb71challenger

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    « Reply #7 on: May 18, 2009 - 10:51:51 PM »
    Quote from: greatwn73 on May 18, 2009 - 09:08:34 PM
    And I thought I was going to be unique. I've see them painted black on a red car with the hood stripe. When I took mine apart and not being a fan of stripes I sent mine out and had them chromed. The pics aren't great but here it is.

    You are unique as far as I am concerned. The car I am talking about has not been on the street since the very early 80's. Custom 70's paint and all lol.
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    Re: Your thoughts on these hood scoops would be appreciated.
    « Reply #8 on: May 19, 2009 - 01:43:12 AM »
    Quote from: Oz-E-Body on May 18, 2009 - 02:39:56 PM
    O.k I’ve finally finished all the hard work on my Chally resto and I’m at the stage of bolting all the bits back on. I’m playing around with a few different looks and I’d like some feedback on these hood scoops. As you can see I’ve polished the outer rim and blacked out the inner part as appose to painting them body colour.
    Your thoughts would be appreciated.
    Thanks

    I like 'em.  In the last picture they match the chrome that goes around the outer headlights and the front bumper and it goes well with the DODGE lettering on the hood and the hood pins.  Nice job!   :2thumbs:
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    Re: Your thoughts on these hood scoops would be appreciated.
    « Reply #9 on: May 19, 2009 - 06:02:41 AM »
    Quote from: Mike70 on May 18, 2009 - 03:18:35 PM
    I like it!  :2thumbs:

    Did you paint the inside red, is it a reflector, or......? I thought it was lights at first.

    Mike

    Hi, thanks Mike. Its red paint on the trailing edge, you can’t really see the red unless you’re down low looking right into the scoops. I still haven’t got any of the insert thingy’s that screw onto the inside of the scoops yet either.
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    Offline Oz-E-Body

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    Re: Your thoughts on these hood scoops would be appreciated.
    « Reply #10 on: May 19, 2009 - 06:09:04 AM »
    Thanks all for your input, I’m still not sure if I like em or not yet, (I havn't bolted them down yet) I might try and do a photo shop job on them and see how it looks in body colour.
    Cheers
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    Offline Oz-E-Body

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    Re: Your thoughts on these hood scoops would be appreciated.
    « Reply #11 on: May 19, 2009 - 09:24:28 AM »
    Here's a rough photo shop paint job.
    I think I’m starting to lean towards the body colour, it seems to accentuate the hood bulge more with the scoops painted out!
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    Re: Your thoughts on these hood scoops would be appreciated.
    « Reply #12 on: May 19, 2009 - 09:56:29 AM »
    I think it's good to be unique with your modifications.  While I usually would prefer body color here, I don't think it looks bad at all. :cheers:  It reminds me of nostrils on a ram and coincides with the whole Dodge slogan of "Grab life by the Horns". :2thumbs:
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