Just wanted to share these pics before going back to the stock hood.
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Custom 1 off secondary to fitment issues. Stone carbon made it for me. It is carbon fiber. Once it comes off it will be for sale. It will require modification by an experienced shop to make it fit. Also the iridium silver is hard to color match so you might need to have the fenders blended.
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if you were to sell, how much? do you plan to get another custom hood? the paint might match mine so I might be a serious buyer as I was looking to buy the exact hood and leave the vents unpainted
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I think that the stone carbon hood would have fit fine, but they were making the mold from a hood that had some front end damage. This hood had a really bad starting point. Originally, I contacted them because they had hoods for the w209, but then they told me that they needed hood to make the mold from. I procured a slightly damaged hood and then sent it to them, that was what created all the issues.
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I think that the stone carbon hood would have fit fine, but they were making the mold from a hood that had some front end damage. This hood had a really bad starting point. Originally, I contacted them because they had hoods for the w209, but then they told me that they needed hood to make the mold from. I procured a slightly damaged hood and then sent it to them, that was what created all the issues.
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That's the hood I've been waiting on, a rep of the SL Black! I guess I'll be watching their site for listings.
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The hood is not going to be released. The fitment issues are problematic. I may try to send them my original hood and have the mold remade and if it fits well, it would be made in a limited amount of 10-20 hoods. Further development will take 4-6 months, but don't know which path to take. Stone carbon, protects their clients' property so it isn't their design to sell.
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The hood is not going to be released. The fitment issues are problematic. I may try to send them my original hood and have the mold remade and if it fits well, it would be made in a limited amount of 10-20 hoods. Further development will take 4-6 months, but don't know which path to take. Stone carbon, protects their clients' property so it isn't their design to sell.
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Probably the fitment issues have led to me to not liking the looks of it as much as I want to. There are also some changes I would make to the design. The vents would be less raised and rounded more like the sl65. The vents would also dip down more at their opening.
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Here's how the hood sat prior to the modifications.
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