attaching a hood scoop

[58mark]

I found a photo over on thridgen.org I'm just drooling over.

this guy has taken a hood scoop from a 2nd gen camaro and grafted it onto a hood of a thrid gen. He made his functional, but mine won't be. I would like to make the hood less bland and boring, but at the same time not just adda Z28 or IROC hood. That's been done SO much it's boring, IMHO

If the hood doesn't needed to have a hole cut in it to lay the scoop on there (I'm assuming I'll have to drill holes for some sort of studs to attach it) What's the best method for blending the fiberglass scoop so it contours into the body like this guys? He said I used fiberglass and body filler, but If I do this, I want to make sure I'm doing it RIGHT








here's my car

[Len]

If you're going to sit the fiberglass scoop on top of the existing metal you should use an adhesive that will be flexible because the metal and glass will expand and contract at different rates. I've been using Dyna-Weld to bond the scoop to the metal and to blend the edge into the surrounding surface.

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The Dyna-Weld remains flexible and can do most of the filling then we usually tweak the repair with Poly-Flex in order to make the body work perfect.

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The next one I do I'm going to try a new product that we are now selling. Fusor Cross Bonding Adhesive was made for jobs like this so I'm thinking that it's probably the best on the market at this time.

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Whichever product you use be sure that you don't screw or clamp the scoop too tightly or you'll squeeze out all of the bonding material and your seam won't be as strong as having a layer of adhesive in between. The Fusor has glass beads to prevent over-tightening but other types of material may not. Also be sure to position the scoop, screw it down, remove it then grind off the mating area on the hood and the scoop before applying adhesive.

[Len]

Everything that you use on the hood including adhesive, body filler, primer and paint should be flexible or have flex additive added so that the difference in materials won't crack any of the products.

[58mark]

what a great reply, thanks!

So I apply all of this directly to bare metal? I don't have to worry about future rust under the scoop?

[Len]

what a great reply, thanks!

So I apply all of this directly to bare metal? I don't have to worry about future rust under the scoop?

That's correct, rust is not a problem as long as the bare metal is not exposed. However, if you have bare metal under the scoop you could get surface rust that you can't see.

[58mark]

thanks Len. The more I look into this, the more I think the cost of this could spiral out of control after I buy the original 79 z28 scoop, and then buying the materials you recommend. I don't want to do this unless I can do it the right way, and am confident in my ability to do it right. I'm still a couple of years away from being able to paint the car with BC/CC, and I don't want to put lacquer over the scoop in the meantime.

I'm going to go for stripes for now. They are cheap, and still have the effect of breaking up the large dull area that is so ugly on these hoods.
if you don't mind please check out this thread I started about stripes

http://autobodystore.com/forum/showt...g-hood-stripes