I personally like same color scoops. They look more stock than afterthought. And it seems to flow with the body better.Good luck.Also if it comes primered black,sit it on your hood and step back and imagine what it would look like before paint.
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Personally I think Factory color would look best, IMO ( Unless of course it's a shaker system )
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welcome to the forums. i really like all the hoodscoops, i think they all look good. i went with a roush and like it alot but it has one issue. the little side wings on the frt, when you get it painted leaves a small bead of paint,( which i could have sanded)combined with no anchors there, in the sun just right i can see light through it. granted, no one else notices it when the hood is closed but it drives me crazy. so i picked up some black silicone sealer and i`m gonna run a small bead on the inside on each side.
tough call with your stripes, i kinda think it would look better painted like the car( ha, glad i dont have to decide on that choice
) heres a scoop install post for the roush
http://www.allfordmustangs.com/foru...ustang-v6-roush-hood-scoop-install-part1.html
heres a pic of the scoop, and one of the problem spot.
tough call with your stripes, i kinda think it would look better painted like the car( ha, glad i dont have to decide on that choice
) heres a scoop install post for the roushhttp://www.allfordmustangs.com/foru...ustang-v6-roush-hood-scoop-install-part1.html
heres a pic of the scoop, and one of the problem spot.
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oh yes, there are scoops that just stick on with the 3m tape, but i might be hesitant to stick it onto just the stripes( unless they are painted on) i almost went with the xelon( or something like that from am) 05horse has one on his car. i like the way it looks but the reason i went with the roush( also from am) is cause i wanted one that bolted on. i actually wanted the factory scoop, but it was 300.00 unpainted. the roush was 159.00 unpainted, and also i didnt want the honeycomb filler on the factory scoop, the roush is just a flat black filler. so ya, it was a tough choice for me too, but i love my scoop. its really cool when your driving instead of the flat hood
YouTube - ride home.AVI
oh yes, there are scoops that just stick on with the 3m tape, but i might be hesitant to stick it onto just the stripes( unless they are painted on) i almost went with the xelon( or something like that from am) 05horse has one on his car. i like the way it looks but the reason i went with the roush( also from am) is cause i wanted one that bolted on. i actually wanted the factory scoop, but it was 300.00 unpainted. the roush was 159.00 unpainted, and also i didnt want the honeycomb filler on the factory scoop, the roush is just a flat black filler. so ya, it was a tough choice for me too, but i love my scoop. its really cool when your driving instead of the flat hood
YouTube - ride home.AVI
I just watched that whole video...My wife walked by and made fun of me cuz I was watching some guy drive his mustang...she just doesnt understand:nogrinner
i know, women are like that sometimes
thats my ride home every day( back in the winter) but it does give a perspective of the hood scoop from inside the car. i know its crappy quality, cheap camera, and i had the window cracked open, so alot of wind noise. my g/f used to laugh at me for watching exhaust videos :grinroll:
hah..sounds so familiar...I used to sit on youtube watching those vids all the time....but I fight back...especially when she's on facebook playing farmville all night...she's a nerd:winksi know, women are like that sometimes
Hi Mike, not to hijack this thread but I have the same gap issue with my scoop, and it`s driving me mad (OCD)welcome to the forums. i really like all the hoodscoops, i think they all look good. i went with a roush and like it alot but it has one issue. the little side wings on the frt, when you get it painted leaves a small bead of paint,( which i could have sanded)combined with no anchors there, in the sun just right i can see light through it. granted, no one else notices it when the hood is closed but it drives me crazy. so i picked up some black silicone sealer and i`m gonna run a small bead on the inside on each side.
tough call with your stripes, i kinda think it would look better painted like the car( ha, glad i dont have to decide on that choice
http://www.allfordmustangs.com/foru...ustang-v6-roush-hood-scoop-install-part1.html
heres a pic of the scoop, and one of the problem spot.
My scoop looks almost identical to yours but it`s an AM prepainted unit, not sure what the differences are.
I`ll try sanding down the leading edges a little to try to get a more uniform fit along the hood line.
Hoping the 3M tape will not give me too much grief. I`ll let you know how I made out.
Here is my stang with the stripes and scoop. Our cars are similiar in color but mine is with the satin stripe. Mine was painted the same as the car. Hope this helps.
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man that looks cool, thats a big scoop
but i like all the scoops :gringreen
The only issues I have with it is I wish it was a little more rigid. When I am driving only 70 down the interstate, the top of the scoop is shaking pretty good. Also, the scoop does not properly curve with the hood. Other than that, I like it.
My spacing is around one inch from the nozzles and centered. Is yours bolt-on or 3M?
I agree, you do not see a lot of them, which is why I got it. However, I wish at times that it was smaller and not as boxed.
My spacing is around one inch from the nozzles and centered. Is yours bolt-on or 3M?
I agree, you do not see a lot of them, which is why I got it. However, I wish at times that it was smaller and not as boxed.
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