Technical => Body/Appearance/Interior => Topic started by: V10KLZZ71S on February 22, 2012, 11:05:53 PM
Title: Will this 4 eyed hood fit my 88?
Post by: V10KLZZ71S on February 22, 2012, 11:05:53 PM
Someone told me it would, but wanna hear from the experts here. This is the hood.
Title: Will this 4 eyed hood fit my 88?
Post by: T-BirdX3 on February 22, 2012, 11:13:31 PM
Yes.
Title: Will this 4 eyed hood fit my 88?
Post by: V10KLZZ71S on February 22, 2012, 11:24:39 PM
Thanks!
Title: Will this 4 eyed hood fit my 88?
Post by: Shadow on February 22, 2012, 11:34:01 PM
all 83-88 hoods are the same, with the exception of 87-88 TC hoods, only because of the scoops.. but the scoops have nothing to do with fitment
Title: Will this 4 eyed hood fit my 88?
Post by: T-BirdX3 on February 22, 2012, 11:43:31 PM
Quote from: V10KLZZ71S;381470
Thanks!
Your welcome!
Title: Will this 4 eyed hood fit my 88?
Post by: daminc on February 22, 2012, 11:57:32 PM
Quote from: Shadow;381474
all 83-88 hoods are the same, with the exception of 87-88 TC hoods, only because of the scoops.. but the scoops have nothing to do with fitment
drivers side scoop will hit the top of the compressor bracket if used...
must be ground down or removed for clearance.
Title: Will this 4 eyed hood fit my 88?
Post by: Shadow on February 23, 2012, 12:05:57 AM
Quote from: daminc;381483
drivers side scoop will hit the top of the compressor bracket if used...
must be ground down or removed for clearance.
what's a/c? lol should have clarified a little.. doesn't mean anything for the hood (itself) fitting
Title: Will this 4 eyed hood fit my 88?
Post by: EricCoolCats on February 23, 2012, 01:06:01 AM
Well, if you've got water pouring directly onto the engine when it rains, then it doesn't quite fit all the way, does it? ;)
And 1983 hoods are different.
Title: Will this 4 eyed hood fit my 88?
Post by: Shadow on February 23, 2012, 07:07:19 AM
Quote from: EricCoolCats;381511
And 1983 hoods are different.
you serious?! how so?
Title: Will this 4 eyed hood fit my 88?
Post by: V10KLZZ71S on February 23, 2012, 09:11:21 AM
It is a very nice carbon fiber hood.
Title: Will this 4 eyed hood fit my 88?
Post by: T-BirdX3 on February 23, 2012, 10:18:12 AM
Quote from: EricCoolCats;381511
And 1983 hoods are different.
This is the first time I have read that anywhere, granted I know very little about the pre '86 cars. Learn something new everyday! :D
Title: Will this 4 eyed hood fit my 88?
Post by: EricCoolCats on February 23, 2012, 10:41:11 AM
It's just the mounting holes to the hinges...but it is different (as well as the hinges themselves). 1984-88 are pretty much all the same hoods.
Title: Will this 4 eyed hood fit my 88?
Post by: Shadow on February 23, 2012, 03:04:12 PM
IT.. i grabbed a hood for MY83T's heritage, off an 87 cougar..
Title: Will this 4 eyed hood fit my 88?
Post by: CoogarXR on February 23, 2012, 06:34:54 PM
Quote from: Shadow;381577
IT.. i grabbed a hood for MY83T's heritage, off an 87 cougar..
As long as you got the hinges too, you're fine. Where they bolt to the car is the same, just where the hood meets the hinge is different. If you swap hoods hinges and all, you won't see the difference.
Title: Will this 4 eyed hood fit my 88?
Post by: Shadow on February 23, 2012, 06:42:14 PM
are the hinges visibly different, or are they they same with the exception of the hood mounting holes? if they're visibly different, than i need to sell the hood and find an 83 specific hood
Title: Will this 4 eyed hood fit my 88?
Post by: V10KLZZ71S on February 23, 2012, 08:29:53 PM
Well I bought that hood, its a carbon/composite, with hardware. That whole car in the pic is for sale, it has a 8.8 disc brake rear that he is asking 500.00, fyi.He was/is selling the whole car for 3500, roller, no engine, frame connectors,upr. But I got the hood.A trip to S.Carolina to pick it up.
Title: Will this 4 eyed hood fit my 88?
Post by: CoogarXR on February 23, 2012, 10:34:02 PM
Quote from: Shadow;381590
are the hinges visibly different, or are they they same with the exception of the hood mounting holes? if they're visibly different, than i need to sell the hood and find an 83 specific hood
I put a TC hood on my 83 Cougar. The hinges were visibly different (in my case) in that the TC hood had the spring lifts (no prop rod) where the 83 hinges had no springs (needed a prop rod). I first tried to set the TC hood on the 83 hinges, and the holes didn't line up. I might have been able to drill them, but I said screw it and went back to the junk yard and grabbed the hinges from the TC. With those hinges attached, it bolted right up. I put the same hood on my 85 (no spring hinges) and it bolted right up without changing hinges. So- to sum it up, 83 hinges and hood holes are different, but where they mount to the body is the same. Just find a set of 84-88 hinges and you can use that hood on an 83.
Title: Will this 4 eyed hood fit my 88?
Post by: Shadow on February 24, 2012, 12:10:23 AM
Quote from: CoogarXR;381627
Just find a set of 84-88 hinges and you can use that hood on an 83.
unfortunately, not an option.. car has to remain 150% stock appearing.. now welding and drilling new holes, cleaning it up to hide the welds should work out.. i hope..
Title: Will this 4 eyed hood fit my 88?
Post by: CoogarXR on February 24, 2012, 10:19:52 AM
Quote from: Shadow;381640
unfortunately, not an option.. car has to remain 150% stock appearing.. now welding and drilling new holes, cleaning it up to hide the welds should work out.. i hope..
The hood will lay on the hinges just fine, it fits the contours of the bottom. If I recall though, if you try to use the 84-88 hood holes on 83 hinges, you can only get two of the four to line up, and at then the hood ends up too far forward (like the latch hits the header panel when you try to close it). I think the holes are square, and they have those threaded clips in them. I am working off memory here, heh, my 83 is long gone, and my 85 is in winter storage across town.
Is this car going to be in a 100% authentic car show or something? I would think a set of 84-86 non-spring hinges would fool judges. I mean, unless you've done the swap, I bet there's next-to-nobody else who even knows these differences exist.
Title: Will this 4 eyed hood fit my 88?
Post by: Shadow on February 24, 2012, 02:21:22 PM
Quote from: CoogarXR;381695
The hood will lay on the hinges just fine, it fits the contours of the bottom. If I recall though, if you try to use the 84-88 hood holes on 83 hinges, you can only get two of the four to line up, and at then the hood ends up too far forward (like the latch hits the header panel when you try to close it). I think the holes are square, and they have those threaded clips in them. I am working off memory here, heh, my 83 is long gone, and my 85 is in winter storage across town.
Is this car going to be in a 100% authentic car show or something? I would think a set of 84-86 non-spring hinges would fool judges. I mean, unless you've done the swap, I bet there's next-to-nobody else who even knows these differences exist.
yep, 100% authentic with a little sneakyness and trickery under the hood, but still 110% stock appearing
Title: Will this 4 eyed hood fit my 88?
Post by: jrad235 on February 24, 2012, 09:38:02 PM
Now I know why the holes didn't line up on my fiberglass hood. I ended up slotting the holes in the hinges to mount the hood. Worked out fine.