Caravaggio fitment/quality reviews?
10-24-2017, 05:31 PM
#1
Burning Brakes
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RKSport RK5 fitment/quality reviews?
Anyone using this hood? Thoughts, reviews, comments?
I'm looking for something as understated as possible and this appears to be the most subtle blower hood available. Any others I should look at?
I'm looking for something as understated as possible and this appears to be the most subtle blower hood available. Any others I should look at?
Last edited by Time for a C-5; 10-25-2017 at 05:00 PM.
10-25-2017, 05:03 PM
#3
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
A member directed me to some posts about the Caravaggio hood delaminating and less than stellar "stand behind your product" service from the manufacture. Any thoughts/experience/review on the RKSport RK5 hood (below)?
Last edited by Time for a C-5; 10-25-2017 at 05:06 PM.
10-25-2017, 09:46 PM
#4
Burning Brakes
I have the RKSport hood you pictured. I'm pretty picky, do collision repair for a living, and this isn't my first time dealing with aftermarket fiberglass parts. That said it is one of the nicest I've seen. It isn't perfect, and I could (and hope to at some point) spend a lot of time perfecting it. However, fit is pretty good out of the box and so is the finish. Good enough that I just hit it with a da and painted it to get it one and functional. I've received nothing but compliments on it, but most folks don't have the eye for detail to pick up on the work it still needs. I will say I spent a lot of time getting it to fit well, moving fenders, hood hinges, latches, headlight doors, etc... That's to be expected though IMO. The reason all the adjustment is there in the first place is because even GM didn't make them fit perfect from car to car.
What blower are you running? This will need clearanced for the TVS2300.
What blower are you running? This will need clearanced for the TVS2300.
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Time for a C-5 (10-26-2017)
10-26-2017, 08:04 AM
#5
Burning Brakes
Thread Starter
I have the RKSport hood you pictured. I'm pretty picky, do collision repair for a living, and this isn't my first time dealing with aftermarket fiberglass parts. That said it is one of the nicest I've seen. It isn't perfect, and I could (and hope to at some point) spend a lot of time perfecting it. However, fit is pretty good out of the box and so is the finish. Good enough that I just hit it with a da and painted it to get it one and functional. I've received nothing but compliments on it, but most folks don't have the eye for detail to pick up on the work it still needs. I will say I spent a lot of time getting it to fit well, moving fenders, hood hinges, latches, headlight doors, etc... That's to be expected though IMO. The reason all the adjustment is there in the first place is because even GM didn't make them fit perfect from car to car.
What blower are you running? This will need clearanced for the TVS2300.
What blower are you running? This will need clearanced for the TVS2300.
10-26-2017, 10:05 PM
#6
Burning Brakes
No problem. As I recall RK told me it will clear the 112 without issue as that's what it was made for. The 2300 is a bit larger to the rear and they have not updated the design to fit it. FWIW I bought mine from DD mods. He recommended it based on high the quality and I received it very quickly. I do hear that he may no longer be a vendor here though.