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Shipped out Monday got here Wednesday and I finally opened it up tonight when I got home. I was going to wait until tomorrow but I got to excited. Sorry for the bad night pics but I took some pics of it inside. It's legit, nice piece if you ask me. I know a lot of people dislike it but it's the real deal, not a knock off. The packaging was good too.
Links to larger pics:

http://s832.photobucket.com/albums/zz243/Dakota740408/Dakota Hood/?action=view&current=DSC09319.jpg
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http://s832.photobucket.com/albums/zz243/Dakota740408/Dakota Hood/?action=view&current=DSC09319.jpg
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[Chad7531]

Cool, I'm pretty much posting to put a pic of my truck on this page to imagine what it would look like.

 

[72 FOWLER]

i havent liked it till i saw that last pic you put up. Not to bad....

 

[03SXT]

looks good. the only thing i dont like about it is the ram-air styling...i like shaker hoods and srt style hoods myself...still looks damn good though. are you gonna paint it or leave it as is for a while?

 

[last_in]

looks good. the only thing i dont like about it is the ram-air styling...i like shaker hoods and srt style hoods myself...still looks damn good though. are you gonna paint it or leave it as is for a while?

I'm going to paint it but it's not on the truck. Sitting on the pool table, I have a few things I want to get painted so I'll wait until the summer time to get it painted it and put it on.

 

[72 FOWLER]

man i love ping pong lol

 

[Chad7531]

I love beer pong.

 

[Adobedude]

Needs paint.

 

[Jarheadoo7]

nice fing nice

 

[Bad_banana]

looks damn good!

 

[Dj Wolf]

Looks good man, i am really thinking about getting one. How much does it weigh?

what are the slits for if the back of the hood is solid? I thought this hood hare the heat extractors on the rear like the steel cowl hood and the SRT10 :huh:

 

[last_in]

Looks good man, i am really thinking about getting one. How much does it weigh?

what are the slits for if the back of the hood is solid? I thought this hood hare the heat extractors on the rear like the steel cowl hood and the SRT10 :huh:

Tare weight of 29 pounds. I think they have those so you can cut them out, like to clear a filter maybe?

It looks better than I thought it would, I didn't have high hopes but the quality is pretty good.

 

[AndrewR/T]

Be damn careful when you clean the hood though. If it has straight resin (in place of clearcoat) than it will tend to oxidize easily. Looks like a nice hood though!

 

[last_in]

Be damn careful when you clean the hood though. If it has straight resin (in place of clearcoat) than it will tend to oxidize easily. Looks like a nice hood though!

Thanks for the heads up!

 

[WeezyRT]

Looks good. Glad to hear the quality is good from a customer. I hope Russ ends up making a CF cowl/reflexxions copy.

 

[jmaack727]

Looks good. Glad to hear the quality is good from a customer. I hope Russ ends up making a CF cowl/reflexxions copy.

Supposedly there wasnt enough interest in that style. Although well over 10 have said thats what they wanted. I agree though looks like a good fit.

How rigid is the hood ?

 

[2k1AmberR/T]

Looks good. Glad to hear the quality is good from a customer. I hope Russ ends up making a CF cowl/reflexxions copy.

Yeah, having the back closed in and having a scoop up front is just absolutely ridiculous. Imagine how good a typical cowl induction hood would have sold, especially if it actually offered decent weight savings like you would expect a CF hood to. :mullet:

 

[WeezyRT]

Yeah, having the back closed in and having a scoop up front is just absolutely ridiculous. Imagine how good a typical cowl induction hood would have sold, especially if it actually offered decent weight savings like you would expect a CF hood to. :mullet:

Yea the back being closed is the only design flaw I see. I wonder if drilling 1/4'' holes (maybe smaller) in the back to mimic how the Reflexxions hood is done would work? That is if those that have/get this hood would want to do that. I honestly have only seen one CF hood in person.. I almost feel like the end result wouldnt be a perfect hole and it could possibly chew it up more than anything. :huh:

Yea, he may see all the extra talk outside of his threads about people wanting a cowl hood too and might actually make them. Only time will tell. I think he's actually been talking to someone about using their cowl hood to get something going, but I cant say for sure. An exact copy of Reflexxions hood would be perfect, maybe a 1/2'' taller or something if theres a problem with completely taking their design. The width of the cowl is perfect though and of course being open in the back how it is.