US hood in EU??

laardilla · Nov 3, 2017

Hey guys,

did anyone of know if someone in EU is able to get / sell / ship original US hood with vents?

Or only way is to manage own shipping from US?
Officialy ford even dont wanna ship the hoods in USA so only way is to pick it up by someone who will transfer it to ship and then ship it... and that is a bit overcomplicated for me...

Thank you for any tips .)

Spirit Of Fire · Nov 3, 2017

If you have the cash anything is possible.

laardilla · Nov 3, 2017

Lol, ofc. i have cash for it

) I know in US its for about 800 (got that info from a local US ford dealer), or around 1-1kUSD on official ford parts web. So its not cheap

Thats no big deal tbh but the transport and all the stuff around, handling, shipping, VAT will rise the price.

So ofc, i dont wanna spend like 2-3k for it!
But under 1500 its still acceptable for me...
(so if you have some offer, please MP me

MustangMustHaves · Nov 3, 2017

laardilla said:
Lol, ofc. i have cash for it ) I know in US its for about 800 (got that info from a local US ford dealer), or around 1-1kUSD on official ford parts web. So its not cheap

Thats no big deal tbh but the transport and all the stuff around, handling, shipping, VAT will rise the price.

So ofc, i dont wanna spend like 2-3k for it!
But under 1500 its still acceptable for me...
(so if you have some offer, please MP me

The Roush Belgium often has US hoods in stock. Want me to check for you?

laardilla · Nov 3, 2017

Oh do they? Well if you will be so kind, ill be happy

thanx a lot!
(But not with the drilled scoop i hope... on the other hand - the roush vents will be better then stock to me )

papinist · Nov 4, 2017

If you want US hood only for vents, it would be waaaay cheaper to get those and let someone install them (but of course you already know that

)

Speaking about replacing the entire hood, I don't know if there are some issues with our different hinges - those who 'explode' when you hit a pedestrian (not to better kill him

but to raise the hood to mitigate the pedestrian head impact..)

laardilla · Nov 4, 2017

Hey ;)

Ye i know about the "cut n place" way but i dont like the way how it looks on top of the hood instead in the hood (you know what i mean right?

About the hood - i think the hinges are transferable from eu to us hood. I hope

John577 · Nov 4, 2017

You can ask [MENTION=19298]dimitarm[/MENTION] , he did this mod on his car, check here : http://www.mustang6g.com/forums/showthread.php?t=55291&highlight=hood

Or you can ask in the UK section, alot have changed the hood for an aftermarket solution.

Ericc B · Nov 4, 2017

Those are going to be the two most expensive holes ever. I'd spend my money elsewhere.

laardilla · Nov 4, 2017

Hehe ye well... i still have in mind also some aftermarket hoods that are cheaper... but dont know if the quality and fitting will match the stock hood ( and i doubt it...)

Like this one:
http://www.rksport.com/2015-Mustang-Hood-p/18016000.htm

kapiteinlangzaam · Nov 5, 2017

Im getting my hood vents installed in the UK end of this month. There were some problems with the first examples they did, but it seems like the installers have got it nailed now.

Im having some Starkey LED turn signals installed at the same time, to completely match the US MY16 look with the integrated turn signals.

My costs:

Vents (from newtake off) €60
Starkey LED lights €90
Install €200ish

So im all done for about €350, which seems OK value for a decent impact visual mod.

MustangMustHaves · Nov 5, 2017

papinist said:
If you want US hood only for vents, it would be waaaay cheaper to get those and let someone install them (but of course you already know that )

Speaking about replacing the entire hood, I don't know if there are some issues with our different hinges - those who 'explode' when you hit a pedestrian (not to better kill him but to raise the hood to mitigate the pedestrian head impact..)

Nope, no problems

1 thing to keep in mind though when shopping aftermarket hoods is that 1. some of those fiberglass hoods are MUCH heavier than OEM 2. the fiberglass hoods (although I do like the looks of some) are impossible to modify if there's some production imperfections. So if you have OCD, it might not be for you.

MustangMustHaves · Nov 5, 2017

kapiteinlangzaam said:
Im getting my hood vents installed in the UK end of this month. There were some problems with the first examples they did, but it seems like the installers have got it nailed now.

Im having some Starkey LED turn signals installed at the same time, to completely match the US MY16 look with the integrated turn signals.

My costs:

Vents (from newtake off) €60
Starkey LED lights €90
Install €200ish

So im all done for about €350, which seems OK value for a decent impact visual mod.

Nice! What color are you going for?

kapiteinlangzaam · Nov 5, 2017

MustangMustHaves said:
Nice! What color are you going for?

For now the vents are body colour, but may wrap in the future.

Orange Starkey LEDs.

Ericc B · Nov 5, 2017

kapiteinlangzaam said:
Orange Starkey LEDs.

Pretty cool product. May I suggest applying a strip of tinting foil over them before installation. Otherwise they look very white and visible through the vents when they're off.

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