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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 03:50 PM
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hello everybody been gone for a while because of school finding jobs got a new computer and such alot has been going on lately. but after a serious issue with my car but turned out to be just a simple cable that needed replacement, im finally back. i think it was called a starter cable or something idk i cant remember the name of it i will post what its actually called when my dad gets home but he drove it to the shop he manages at and on the way there(on route 15 its pretty busy) about 1/4 mle before the entrance to the shop he car died again...this was the problem it was just randomly cutting out the entire car everything electrical engine just gone. so he pushed it about 300 feet to the shoulder waited about 5 minutes and tried to start it back up it started up he closed the hood and started to drive he went slow about 30mph then he tried to give it some gas and bam the hood flew up and almost completely destroyed the hinges(he thought he had closed it all the way) so after pulling over one last time and shutting the hood as much as he could he pulled into the shop and messed around with it. to get to the point the hood was severely damaged and due to it flipping up the hinges were also severely damaged they were fixable though. hood didnt shut right after that. after talking with my dad about a cowl hood and its probably cheaper than a stock oem hood he agreed that we would get one....then about 2 weeks later he changed his mind. well he changed his mind once again, this time for the better and got a 2 inch steel cowl hood and hinges for around 700 bucks it looks great.... i will get a nice pic tomorrow with my camera but for now i have a pic from my cell phone...future updates are paint job(still) and confirmed rims for my birthday...probably be american racing torque thrust 2 polished aluminum rims. color might still stay silver but hoping on white. after i save up some money i will be getting a 700r4 transmision and a 350ci 290hp engine if anybody knows any reliable,cheap websites for those items please please msg me with the website. Cya all tomorrow
 
Old Mar 9, 2010 | 03:51 PM
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2 inch steel cowl hood
 
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Old Mar 9, 2010 | 07:04 PM
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Looks nice. Subtle but gives it some attitude.
 
Old Mar 9, 2010 | 07:54 PM
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looks awesome.. thats the hood I want to get
 
Old Mar 9, 2010 | 07:56 PM
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good to see ya back man. you know, i do have a couple of spare 350's sitting around...
 
Old Mar 9, 2010 | 10:03 PM
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good to have ya back =D hood looks really nice too!
 
Old Mar 11, 2010 | 02:27 PM
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how many miles on those spare 350s and are they in good shape
 
Old Mar 11, 2010 | 04:56 PM
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a few, they should probibly get rebuilt or at least new gaskets & painted... shoot me a PM if your interested
 
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