Replacement Cobra Hood

krazyrabbit · Mar 21, 2013

I'm thinking about replacing my GT hood with the '96-'98 stock style Cobra hood. I found replacement/reproduction hoods at two sites but one's listed $100 more, both have free shipping. Can someone tell me what's the difference between the two?

http://www.latemodelrestoration.com/item/LRS-16612L/1996-98-Mustang-Reproduction-Cobra-Hood

http://www.americanmuscle.com/stock-cobra-hood-9698.html

Thanks!

sn95jones · Mar 21, 2013

Why would you want a 96-98 cobra style hood??? Imo they are hideous. I mean it's your car but I'd rather get the 01 cobra r hood.
The 96-98 hood only blends well with the rest of the cobra appearance.
That's like putting 94-98 cobra wheels on a GT it just doesn't look right

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Tally_4.6 · Mar 21, 2013

sn95jones said:
Why would you want a 96-98 cobra style hood??? Imo they are hideous. I mean it's your car but I'd rather get the 01 cobra r hood.
The 96-98 hood only blends well with the rest of the cobra appearance.
That's like putting 94-98 cobra wheels on a GT it just doesn't look right

Wut

Ferocious · Mar 22, 2013

With a crab claw spoiler I think they look great.

krazyrabbit · Mar 22, 2013

sn95jones said:
Why would you want a 96-98 cobra style hood??? Imo they are hideous. I mean it's your car but I'd rather get the 01 cobra r hood.
The 96-98 hood only blends well with the rest of the cobra appearance.
That's like putting 94-98 cobra wheels on a GT it just doesn't look right

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Different strokes for different folks I guess. I like the Cobra style, they're shark-ish looking. I like the Cervini Ram Air too, but am not going to spend that much money on a hood - I'd just keep the stock.

Ferocious · Mar 22, 2013

krazyrabbit said:
I like the Cervini Ram Air too,

CC'S95GT · Mar 22, 2013

The cobra hood looks awesome on GT's.
Rabbit; ck the details very carefully on the hood. 1 may come with the scoops and 1 may not.

Shifty Powers · Mar 22, 2013

Cobra hood is one of the best hoods made for a mustang. Absolutely awesome.

Why not get a raised cobra hood that is a functional cowl since you are thinking of replacing?

of course itl cost you. So it may not be in your budget

Pushrodsnake · Mar 22, 2013

Considering that the general opinion of these hoods seems to be unfavorable (I happen to like them), I would see about locating a good deal on stocker in good condition. Nothing beats a factory fit.

joekd · Mar 22, 2013

CC'S95GT said:
ck the details very carefully on the hood. 1 may come with the scoops and 1 may not.

Neither include the scoops, those are becoming harder and harder to find

krazyrabbit · Mar 22, 2013

joekd said:
Neither include the scoops, those are becoming harder and harder to find

OK, thanks for the info. I saw the small print on one of the sites but not the other, so neither comes with scoops. Silly question - can I get used scoops and use those?

Slykin · Mar 22, 2013

I would trade my Cobra R hood for a 96-98 cobra hood any day of the week.

joekd · Mar 22, 2013

krazyrabbit said:
OK, thanks for the info. I saw the small print on one of the sites but not the other, so neither comes with scoops. Silly question - can I get used scoops and use those?

If you can find them yes, OEM ones will fit fine

330CubeGt · Mar 22, 2013

Slykin said:
I would trade my Cobra R hood for a 96-98 cobra hood any day of the week.

How tall is your R hood?

krazyrabbit · Mar 22, 2013

joekd said:
If you can find them yes, OEM ones will fit fine

Found some, if I win the lottery I guess I'd be all set:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1996-1998-C...ord|Model:Mustang&hash=item3f224c72bf&vxp=mtr

Slykin · Mar 22, 2013

330CubeGt said:
How tall is your R hood?

3ish inches I guess... I've never measured it and it was on when I bought the car.

joekd · Mar 22, 2013

krazyrabbit said:
Found some, if I win the lottery I guess I'd be all set:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1996-1998-C...ord|Model:Mustang&hash=item3f224c72bf&vxp=mtr

$450 and he says he lowered the price?!?!?!?!?

Slykin · Mar 22, 2013

joekd said:
$450 and he says he lowered the price?!?!?!?!?

Dafuq indeed.

Tally_4.6 · Mar 23, 2013

WTF for just the scoops? 450 FOR JUST THE SCOOPS??!?

What about the ****ING HOOD?!?

Shifty Powers · Mar 23, 2013

Cobra hoods are hard to come by. Because most cobra owners wont take them off. I took mine off because of some damage that if someone was good with fiberglass could fix.. Otherwise it will be mounted on my wall at some point. And I will NOT take the scoops out of it.

Ford wanted 1k for the hood. 600 for our bumper. Found a hood in a junkyard and snagged it up. That hood went on Greenscoobies car since it didnt need painting and was E9.

Just gotta look around man.. Check on svtp and corrall.. most people ask 200-250 picked up.