Does the black series aluminum hood fit on all w209's?
11-05-2010, 01:24 PM
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I had a VIS hood for a while and I had to do some pretty scary and custom triming/bracing to get the hood arch to line up with the fender lines. The way in which the hood latch secures doesn't inspire confidence either, and the hood pin set ups are a little hackish for me, and an MB for that matter. Last complaint was the undersides are very rough and unfinished so that when the hood is up light shines through thin areas and it just doesn't look polished with the hood up.
If you find one for next to nothing the above wouldn't be as big of a deal.
-WES-
11-05-2010, 01:29 PM
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Snipes! never met another Wes, damn cool name brother.
I had a VIS hood for a while and I had to do some pretty scary and custom triming/bracing to get the hood arch to line up with the fender lines. The way in which the hood latch secures doesn't inspire confidence either, and the hood pin set ups are a little hackish for me, and an MB for that matter. Last complaint was the undersides are very rough and unfinished so that when the hood is up light shines through thin areas and it just doesn't look polished with the hood up.
If you find one for next to nothing the above wouldn't be as big of a deal.
-WES-
I had a VIS hood for a while and I had to do some pretty scary and custom triming/bracing to get the hood arch to line up with the fender lines. The way in which the hood latch secures doesn't inspire confidence either, and the hood pin set ups are a little hackish for me, and an MB for that matter. Last complaint was the undersides are very rough and unfinished so that when the hood is up light shines through thin areas and it just doesn't look polished with the hood up.
If you find one for next to nothing the above wouldn't be as big of a deal.
-WES-
lol, you are the second Wes I have come across in my life. Good to meet you. Thanks for the heads up on the hood, I would have been PO'd spending 1k for the fitment to be off.
