HN401A
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I recently added this hood to my car and thought I would chime in. Back in Spring of this year, my car was caught in an unfortunate hail storm. The aftermath left some pretty significant damage to my stock hood and it was already suffering from the beloved Ford hood corrosion issue. So with that in mind I took the opportunity to upgrade to this hood and their C-series chin spoiler.
ORDERING + SHIPPING:
I ordered through Lethal Performance and the lead time was a little over a month before it shipped. The freight company that delivered it was a total joke to deal with. I experienced a few delayed delivery dates and a clueless delivery driver. What was initially supposed to be a single delivery (hood and chin spoiler) turned out to be two separate deliveries a week apart. The first time they showed up, it was just the chin spoiler and when I asked about the hood, the delivery guy gave me the 'deer in the headlights' look. Turns out they had 'lost' the hood for a week. After many phone calls to their terrible and careless customer service it finally showed up. Not only did he not notify me of delivery, but he also forged my signature as if I was there to receive it - Nice. The box they shipped it in was totally beat to shit as if they packed it with scrap carboard. I was pretty nervous unpacking it but in the end it arrived undamaged. If you are able to, avoid Southwestern Freight Lines at all costs.
QUALITY + FINISH:
I opted for the unpainted version as I was unsure that the paint match from Cervini's would look good. My car is Guard Metallic and I've been told by other shops in the past that its not the easiest color to match. To my knowledge, I think I'm the only Guard Metallic rocking this hood on the forum! So I didn't have any pictures to compare to either. Plus the car was already going to be in the shop for PDR repair so it felt right to have a local shop do the work. I'm glad I did because in the end the paint match looks really good. Aside from that, the quality of the fiberglass and rain tray seemed fine at delivery. The shop did tell me that there were several small pin holes that needed to be filled/smoothed out prior to painting. Like others mentioned in this thread, I had the rain tray painted gloss black to match the wheels and roof of the car.
FIT:
Overall, I'm happy with the fit of this hood. I have the 15-17 style bumper and as others have mentioned the infamous 'bump' isn't really visible on this body style. It really blends well into the existing lines of the car. No issues with the alignment of the hood near the windshield like the post above me.I really only have two minor issues:
1.)There is a slight fitment issue where the hood meets the triangular portion of the fender near the headlights. When opening/closing the hood it appears to make slight contact with the inside edge there. I'm taking it back to the shop this week to have the fenders adjusted a bit to make some more space. This was fixed in 15 minutes by the shop by letting the fenders out.
2.)The other issue I had is with the hood struts. I had put some Steeda hood struts on the car shortly after I bought it years ago and with the new hood these struts don't appear to be strong enough to hold the hood up. @Jeff's FRC, I see in your pictures you have hood struts that appear to be working with this hood. Would you mind sharing which brand you went with? I will definitely have to swap mine out for another brand. I've now ordered a set of the Cervini's hood struts so this should no longer be an issue.
CONCLUSION:
In the end, these are pretty minor problems. Like I said before, in general I'm really happy with the upgrade. I think some slight fitment issues are to be expected with any aftermarket hood. It definitely does give the car a more aggressive look and feel. In case it wasn't obvious in other posts, from inside the cabin this hood is also a few inches taller than stock and definitely noticeable when driving. Not a big deal, but noticeable. I'll post some more pictures in the near future with better lighting. For those on the fence, make the jump it's a nice upgrade!
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ORDERING + SHIPPING:
I ordered through Lethal Performance and the lead time was a little over a month before it shipped. The freight company that delivered it was a total joke to deal with. I experienced a few delayed delivery dates and a clueless delivery driver. What was initially supposed to be a single delivery (hood and chin spoiler) turned out to be two separate deliveries a week apart. The first time they showed up, it was just the chin spoiler and when I asked about the hood, the delivery guy gave me the 'deer in the headlights' look. Turns out they had 'lost' the hood for a week. After many phone calls to their terrible and careless customer service it finally showed up. Not only did he not notify me of delivery, but he also forged my signature as if I was there to receive it - Nice. The box they shipped it in was totally beat to shit as if they packed it with scrap carboard. I was pretty nervous unpacking it but in the end it arrived undamaged. If you are able to, avoid Southwestern Freight Lines at all costs.
QUALITY + FINISH:
I opted for the unpainted version as I was unsure that the paint match from Cervini's would look good. My car is Guard Metallic and I've been told by other shops in the past that its not the easiest color to match. To my knowledge, I think I'm the only Guard Metallic rocking this hood on the forum! So I didn't have any pictures to compare to either. Plus the car was already going to be in the shop for PDR repair so it felt right to have a local shop do the work. I'm glad I did because in the end the paint match looks really good. Aside from that, the quality of the fiberglass and rain tray seemed fine at delivery. The shop did tell me that there were several small pin holes that needed to be filled/smoothed out prior to painting. Like others mentioned in this thread, I had the rain tray painted gloss black to match the wheels and roof of the car.
FIT:
Overall, I'm happy with the fit of this hood. I have the 15-17 style bumper and as others have mentioned the infamous 'bump' isn't really visible on this body style. It really blends well into the existing lines of the car. No issues with the alignment of the hood near the windshield like the post above me.
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CONCLUSION:
In the end, these are pretty minor problems. Like I said before, in general I'm really happy with the upgrade. I think some slight fitment issues are to be expected with any aftermarket hood. It definitely does give the car a more aggressive look and feel. In case it wasn't obvious in other posts, from inside the cabin this hood is also a few inches taller than stock and definitely noticeable when driving. Not a big deal, but noticeable. I'll post some more pictures in the near future with better lighting. For those on the fence, make the jump it's a nice upgrade!
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