Rodney,
I have an aluminium LAT replica hood by Steve Alcala. It's a gourgous
peice with perfect fit and should be more durable in the long run than
glass so long as I avoid hail storms. Painting is not unlike any other
aluminium panel, which means it's no problem. It also has similar
underhood clearance of the stock hood since it's not thick like the
glass or CF. It's downside is cost... it is a hand crafted piece of
metalwork and the cost reflects that in a big way (>4X cost of a
fiberglass hood if you don't pay a lot of labor to make the glass hood
fit perfectly). Dale A also reported that Alcala swore not to do
another one after mine (LAT replica anyway) since it's such a difficult
piece.
See the unpainted aluminium LAT hood @
http://people.txucom.net/gswaybright/images/cars/Tiger/alumhood1.JPG
Finshed car @
http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/gswaybright/album?.dir=/4110&.src=ph&.tok=ph2VsWCBNMDtPxb4
Stephen Waybright
--- RMEbstein@aol.com wrote:
> Hi Tim,
>
> Which is best? How does the aluminum version look and paint up?
>
> I will keep trying Mr. Wilcox, but do you have Rob Martel's contact
> info?
>
> Would you be interested in building more than one ram air kit for a
> fee?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Rodney
>
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