Hood help???
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,014
Likes: 1,507
From: Knoxville TN
2024 C6 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
Hood help???
Well, I am forced to replace my hood. 2 cows darting in front of me from a downed fence saw to it. I am considering an aftermarket. Hi-rise, cowl, or something similiar. Nothing too wild. Have been looking at different companies, but once again am relying on the corvette community to steer (no pun intended) me in the right direction.
Thanks,
Dash
Thanks,
Dash
Racer
Joined: Jul 2002
Posts: 371
Likes: 38
From: Madison Alabama
Originally Posted by Dashracing
Well, I am forced to replace my hood. 2 cows darting in front of me from a downed fence saw to it. I am considering an aftermarket. Hi-rise, cowl, or something similiar. Nothing too wild. Have been looking at different companies, but once again am relying on the corvette community to steer (no pun intended) me in the right direction.
Thanks,
Dash
Thanks,
Dash
I just installed their “Carbon Fiber Heater Extractor Hood” on my 1999 C5 and it's great. I drove up to one of the largest Corvette shows here in Europe (Corvette FAME 2005) in Valkenburg, Netherlands this past weekend (4 July 05) and my Vette took "Best of Show". I don't know if the hood was the deciding factor, but it sure looked good setting there next to all those sock hooded Vettes.
Cecil
German-American Corvette Club
Baden-Wurttemberg
Heidelberg, Germany
Born: Alexandria, Virginia
Hometown: Fort Laurdale, Florida
Melting Slicks
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 3,417
Likes: 2
From: Annapolis MD
MCM is awesome!! Saw my first one in person yesterday (while driving) -- nice black vert -- while I was in my wife's MDX. We stopped at a stoplight, and because I was up high, I had a GREAT view of it -- I had to roll down my window and tell the guy how AWESOME it looked!! I WANT ONE!!!
Corvette Stories
The Best of Corvette for Corvette Enthusiasts
5 Best & 5 Worst Corvette Daily Drivers
Joe Kucinski
The Headlights of Every Corvette Generation Explained
Joe Kucinski
5 Best & 5 Most Overrated Corvette Track Packages of All Time!
Joe Kucinski
Every 2027 Corvette Engine Explained
Joe Kucinski
Designer Imagines A Corvette That Looks More Like a Corvette Than the Corvette
Verdad Gallardo
10 Ugly Corvettes That We Still Kinda Love
Joe Kucinski
Top 10 Most Expensive Corvettes Ever Sold on Bring A Trailer
Brett Foote
10 Things Every Corvette Owner Needs (2026 Edition)
Michael S. Palmer
8 Most "Only Corvette Owners Understand" Quirks and Problems
Pouria Savadkouei
Burning Brakes
Joined: Nov 2002
Posts: 804
Likes: 1
From: Some where in Ontario Canada
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,014
Likes: 1,507
From: Knoxville TN
2024 C6 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
Actually calves. Yes, I was only doing maybe 15 mph when they darted in front of me. The hood damage was done by the headlights being pulled out and across the hood. Very minor damage considering. Good thing it was at such a low (and very rare) speed. Coulda been a lot worse.
did the cows make it.
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,014
Likes: 1,507
From: Knoxville TN
2024 C6 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
Quote-did the cows make it.
Nope, well one almost did until I got out of my car and saw the damage
Kidding!!!!
After talking with the property owner evidently they came out all right. Don't see how because I clearly saw one go over the car. Well it was sliding across it, not airborn. Anyway, will be ordering the MCM carbon fiber hood tomorrow.
Dash
Nope, well one almost did until I got out of my car and saw the damage
Kidding!!!!
After talking with the property owner evidently they came out all right. Don't see how because I clearly saw one go over the car. Well it was sliding across it, not airborn. Anyway, will be ordering the MCM carbon fiber hood tomorrow.
Dash
Le Mans Master
Joined: Nov 2001
Posts: 8,080
Likes: 151
From: Toronto
Originally Posted by Dashracing
Hey, while we are on body enhancing upgrades. What's everyones opinion on the small rear spoiler caravaggio makes.
D
D
Administrator
Joined: Mar 2001
Posts: 368,638
Likes: 24,869
From: In a parallel universe. Currently own 2014 Stingray Coupe.
C7 of the Year - Modified Finalist 2021
MO Events Coordinator
St. Jude Co-Organizer
St. Jude Donor '03 thru '26
NCM Sinkhole Donor
CI 5, 8 & 11 Veteran
I agree with the Motor City Mold hood. Great product and the looks are 
Drifting
Joined: Jan 2003
Posts: 1,277
Likes: 0
From: Springfield MO
St. Jude Donor '05
Take a look at the pics in My Corvette Photos if you want to see a MCM hood on a white vette. I have a Speedway White vert, and it looks like yours is Artic White. but it should give you a pretty good idea of how the hood would look on yours.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Let me know if you have any questions.
Thread Starter
Burning Brakes
Joined: Oct 2004
Posts: 1,014
Likes: 1,507
From: Knoxville TN
2024 C6 of the Year Finalist - Unmodified
Had to post those pics of your white C5 with the hood installed. If you only knew how impatient I am you would not have done that. 
Thanks for the posts and pics. Now the wait begins
Thanks for the posts and pics. Now the wait begins