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TPIMarow6.6

i didnt get my stickers but i e-mailed them and they mailed them out for me.

Charged350

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So i walk up to the shop this morning and there a a strange truck there, hmm, not one of the usual delivery trucks, but its early and im underslept and not thinkin, so i just walk by, go inside and my boss hands me a bill for 97.51 for shippin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! WHAT THE **** I SAID!!!!!! I almost ripped the delivery guys head off, he didnt know **** so i called up his boss and he said u dont pay, hood dont stay, so i paid and called up APM and talked to MIssy, shes sending me a check for the ammount i paid for it, and also the missin grills and decals for my hood.

But really, wtf man, how can so much **** go wrong with my ****ing order, first, they never got it, then they didnt send me grills and decals, now i have to pay a 100 bucks more just to keep the ****ing hood i already paid 140 for shippin for, i donno man, i think this is the last time im ordering anything from APM, but ill give them a shot to make this purchase right, but all in all, the hood is nice, measures out square needs minor body work to be perfect and some cleanup, but all in all, im pleased with the hood, but not with the service!!!!!

I donno, my rant i guess....

FlamedROC

dont worry about the Decals man I'm in no hurry either...

Jason

TPIMarow6.6

as a design question id like to ask some other people that already received there hood and have it on, do the front corners go to a point on your hood or do they round, because mine round off and they do not match the natural body style. the headlight bucket corners go to a point and the stock hood does too but my Ram air hood's corners are rounded. wtf the nick then the corners, that isnt right. what it is, is that they messed up on making it and rouned the corners a little bit to hide the flaw. im going to get an estimate on fixing the 2 problems and e-mail them with it.

87CIZ

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i dropped them off today first class and is insured just in case, they said 2 - 3 days. also apm called me today and said my hood is ready to ship, well i need $100 now cause i broke a brake line and had to go through all kinds of **** to get it fixed. and yes dont break a brake line unless you have a bubble flare tool and metric brake lines your pretty screwed

camarogirl18

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as you guys know i dont check this thread or even this message board every day so this morning i was stunned.....

so im sitting at the station this morning studing & my cell phone rings & i answer it & its the truck driver of the hood,he proceeds to tell me that i owe him a check for $89.34 & i said "WHAT?!" & he said yeah so i said ok...wrote him the check & he got it off the truck & helped me carry it in the fire dept,we check it over & everything is fine & dandy with it,so i tell him that i didnt mean to yell at him & all that & he said its ok...

when i get back home here,i was on the phone to APM...i told Missy the problem & she said that they have been having that problem & she did apoligize & said she would get a refund check out to me....

while i had her on the phone i asked her about my grills & decals & she said that they come from FL & the hood comes from TX-strange if ya ask me! anyway i should be getting them in about 5-6 days...

i do have to say im not sure i like dealing with this company!

camarogirl18

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oh yeah! i about died today cuz when we were bringing the hood home on the back of the truck,all i seen was cardboard,sariform, & stuff flying through the air & im like OMG!! i thought for sure the hood was part of the stuff blowing off but thank G0d it wasnt the hood!!!!

itll be a while before i can have my hood put on & even painted,so id just like to say thanks so much for everyone that was in on this purchase & thanks a million to Jason for getting us together :hail: good luck to everyone with their cars & hoods & projects!! :hail:

Charged350

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yeah, APM ****ed up this royally for us here, at least we got our hoods, but i got overcharged just like you man, its was like 97 bucks for dropping it off, its at the shop, ill see if im gonna not go drinkin friday nite and stay late and sand out the underside and prime it and sand blast my hinges and block out the top of the hood.... donno...

TPIMarow6.6

thats kinda weird, when mine came i didnt have to pay anything. but mine was all torn up and crap and a nick in the hood so that kinda got me back i guess. its on right now and my stickers are on the way, i already have the inserts, they forgot the stickers, lol this company really needs to get there Shi T together. also thanks everyone for the GP!

FlamedROC

If theres a single thing wrong with my hood its goin straight back to them! I wont tolerate half butt service and product.. i will wait as long as it takes to get a good product...Mine ships out today so mabe by next friday I will have it But like Im in a hurry look at what she looks like right now. BTW anyone who has gottent heres have any pics to show us?

crnsuperduty

Yours looks better than mine right now. At least you have a rear end and gas tank in yours. I can't even move mine around the garage without 2 jacks and dollies.

I would love to see some pics if anyone has finished product also!!

TPIMarow6.6

i have a pic of just the hood, and when i put the shims in my starter and get the car back on the ground ill take a pic with it unfinished but on the car.

TPIMarow6.6

BTW jason-nice tires

FlamedROC

HAHA thanks man..nothin special just Goodyear Eagle HP 245/50/16's but brand new lol...

BTW Nice hood:hail:

Jason

Charged350

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yeah, i just got back from the shop, its 10 pm, so a 13 hour day for me today, i sandblased the hinges, and primed the underside of the hood, sanded for 2 hours, but it was worth it, 100 bucks a gallon primer went on and then i primed the hinges, so im in good shape right now, all i need to do is put my new motor in....ill grab some pics morrow when its dry...

TPIMarow6.6

front pic still with body damage that ill be repairing soon.

TPIMarow6.6

pic

FlamedROC

lookin good man lookin good:hail:

91 Formula Z06

Are yall liking the quality of the hoods? Are they Straight and sturdy? wish someone would do a GP on these hood for firebirds, yall got a great price.

camarogirl18

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couldnt tell ya...itll be awhile before i can have mine put on

i do know that these hoods are heavy,makes my other one feel like a feather

TPIMarow6.6

i know for a fact its lighter than my stock one, my old hood shocks wont hold up the stock hood but they'll hold this one up, barely. lol but as for fitting it fit pretty good, i had to oblong one of the hood hinge holes. other than that its fine, but if you do buy one id say from some other company,or have them ship it a different way because R&L carriers suck!!! bigtime. but anyways i got a few compliments even when it isnt painted. lol well i cant wait to see everyone else's pics painted or not.:lala:

AJB-283

here is picture #1
sorry it didn't work

FlamedROC

WOOO HHOOO she Finally came today!! She came way ahead of schedule. Shipped out friday and it came today! (Monday)

here she is in all her glory

Jason:hail:

FlamedROC

Posting for AJB-283....Nice lookin car man...VERY NICE LOOKIN CAR!!!!!:hail:

FlamedROC

A pic would help wouldnt it..here ya go...ABJ's car

AJB-283

i need to get the before and during pictures that i had a friend take. it was looking decent until last night, had really strong winds and blew over car canopy and walla you are now the proud owner of football sized dent in driver door. can't win this battle. thanks for the help there Fbirdta878787!

TPIMarow6.6

nice car AJB! turned out looking good!!! but iv got more body work to do before i paint my whole car, i was thinking going with the 30th aniversary trans am paint scheme, not sure yet tho.....

87CIZ

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i got mine today err yesterday havent been to sleep yet, already sanded it though lol i'll get pictures of it on the car after i primer it

FlamedROC

cool i think the majority of us have gotten our hoods!!! I would like to get the stickers out to everyone but still waitin on Zyalater to shoot me his name...But over all I love the look of this hood and its deffinatly goin to turn some heads.

87 thanks for sendin me your spare set of grills...gottem yesterday same day as my hood....really felt like my b-day...but thanks again 87 ur a class act!!!:hail:

Jason

camarogirl18

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am i the only one that hasnt gotten the grills & decals yet??

87CIZ

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no problem bud, i at least figured you put this together, got us all $75 off its the least i could do.



now all thats left to do is get paint on the hood. I'm decent with a paint gun, but i just spent all that money i'm afraid to use it! did you all read the sticky for prepping your hoods?


btw this is after 5 minutes of sanding two days ago

87CIZ

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heres same shot with the flash it looks better, lol

87CIZ

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also one more thing those of you that have them on your car. are your corners rounded by the headlight pockets? mine are you barely notice them but i know they are there

AJB-283

mine are too! looking around that is the normal on that! although i did not have to oblong any bolt holes on mine! kinda surprised there!

87CIZ

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i havent tried to put mine on yet, i might do that today or tomorrow. its sitting on my other camaro right now. i like the way it looks, as i hope everyone else does also

Charged350

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i got mine, still waiting on that check and my decals, the bottom is babby *** smooth and primed, now i gotta block out the top and prime it block that, prime it again and block it again, and prime it some more, u think thats gonna get it sdtraight, i sure hope so, then i have to paint he bottom of it along with the hinges i sandblased and primed, and it goes on the car, i hope it clears my now motor....if not, carb stud gets cut and no aircleaner....ill fab up a ram air intake for it...

TPIMarow6.6

87, i think you should sand your hood a little more, that glare i saw on there isnt good=paint peeling. i mean itll probably be alright maybe it was just the lighting....anyways i think everyones corners were rounded i think i posted that little bit back.

87CIZ

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that was before i sanded it those pictures where the sanding block ws there to get off the glue spots or whatever it was that was on it. that was 400 grit to get it off i started with 320 to 400 now i have to lay a coat of primer, and sand some more with 400, lay another coat and go 400 wet then one more coat and go 600 wet. i have about 3 hours into the hood. an hour on the bottom and 2 on top.

did you block sand the entire thing or did you hand sand the curves?

87CIZ

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and by the way those pics were about 25 minutes after receiving the hood.


did you take your old hood off the hinges? i have another set of hinges that i bolted to the hood. cause i may be going back to the stock hood cause i like this hood and it may go on my project car.

whats the easiest route ya think?

b-man

nope, not the only one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

TPIMarow6.6

id hand sand the curves of it, because id ont see how youd block down that many curves but anyways, you can do what you want with the hinges. whatever you think is the easiest.

insanedomain

Sorry guys, but I was in the hospital with Kidney Stones.
Uploaded a few shots of the RamAir....nice fit....Also a shot of the old white striped hood and one of my 78 Z with two of my three pitcrew hanging out the window!!
http://insanedomain.biz

:lala:

87CIZ

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i like it, but that wing on top kinda freaks me out. lol i hope you didnt have to pass the stones.... if you did man i feel your pain.


I have a curved block that i'm going to use for the curves. It may not be the right curve though, so i might just hand sand it. what did you sand it with as far as grit wet/dry?

insanedomain

Yep....had the pleasure of passing a couple of biggies!!

Didn't use anything....yet....just put a coat of 3M Polish on it....slapped some decals for the time being. Whole thing needs a repaint....but I'll wait on that till next summer when I can do it right. That wing will go....but I have fun "off road" with the intermittent white LED's I installed.....looks like a TomCat coming around for it's final approach. Also, it's easy to track me on those hillclimbs. As you might see, my hood corners are not rounded, like my feeble brain!:lala:

Charged350

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The quality of this mold SUX!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

To say the least about it, the top of the hood was full of valleys and hills, it took a good 2 3 hours prep to get it to where i want it, the curves werent even smooth, the lips were all different thicknesses and i had to file them down.

I donno if its just me or cuz i work at a body shop and have an eye for these things and they annoy the **** outta me or is everyones hood like this, with a few ****ups here and there....

87CIZ

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really? i didnt see any in mine and thats my job, i inspect GM plastic body panels. Mine was in great condition except for the curved corners near the headlights.

Charged350

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Did you sand it yet, i didnt see them with a visual inspection when i got it either, once it set it up and ran my hand over it, it was bad, but i hit it with a block with some 220 grit on it and it came out pretty ****in good, so now i will block sand the primer also, just to make sure, you know...

camarogirl18

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did anyone else recieve ANOTHER invoice from R&L Carriers about the price that we owed them???

well the fire department did & they brought it up at the meeting about the bill & of course i had to tell them.they got their money when the hood was delivered & they dont need to be sending invoices that i owe them more money! whats p***ing me off even more is that the invoice DOESNT even have my name on it like i specifically told them to put it on there.

R & L CARRIERS NEEDS TO GET THEIR ACT TOGETHER!! (i hope anyone else that is planning on buying stuff from APM requests that they dont use R & L Carriers!)

b-man

Just got my decals, vents and airbox in today! The box could be better but I have to do some work to it to be really happy with it. Don't know when the hood will be here. Does anyone have a pic of the backside of the hood near the window? Just want to know if it is open like others I've seen. Thanks guys (and gal).Later,b-man.