Show me your HOODS

[joezek]

I'm looking for an aftermarket hood for my 03' EB Expedition. I seem to like the cowl induction style but there's a lot of choices. Anyone have pictures of hoods they've seen or installed themselves?- please post pictures.

Along with a different hood, knowing that I'm going to install a supercharger, I'm looking for ideas on painting the hood slightly different than stock to make the truck a little more noticeable. Any ideas of what's popular nowadays? I've seen a pattern somewhere along the line that I liked, it's a stripe but at the same time the stripe has dashes or brakes in it, and it fades away. I can't seem to remember where I saw that pattern. I'd like to do something similar to that with silver or gold on top of the Wedgwood blue hood.

I'm goin for a slightly different look, eventually nicer wheels but nothing crazy. In the end I'm trying to make the truck look as if it's a factory built "S/C Edition" of the Expedition. Everything I add will be functional, and clean install, but not ridiculous looking.

Thanks

 

[WHOISMOOTOO]

THERES THE SARONA HOOD (SIMILAR TO THE CERVINI HOOD FOR THE F-150S) WHICH LOOKS GOOD

PART:
http://www.andysautosport.com/ford/...ods/fiberglass_hoods/sarona/saro00129820.html

PICS ON AN EXPY
http://www.cardomain.com/ride/3111170/2004-ford-expedition

SALEEN MAKES RIMS FOR THE S331 (F150) THAT BOLT RIGHT UP WITHOUT LOOKING TO "BALLER" YOU CAN FIND ON EBAY FOR A DECENT PRICE

SALEEN 23'S WITH A 2" DROP
http://www.f150online.com/forums/members/kr619-albums-garage+-+****+box-picture147563-expy.html

THAT CARDOMAIN SITE IS AN AWESOME TOOL FOR IDEAS, I DO BELIEVE THERES A WHITE EB WITH A BLACK STRIPE IF THATS YOUR THING IM NOT A BIG FAN OF THE EB PAINT SCHEME WITH A STRIPE. I'D GO SOLID THEN ADD A STRIPE OR TWO TONE. HOPE THIS HELPS IN THE DECISION PROCESS

 

[GAINMOB]

2-tone...or solid kandy paint...that's what i'm looking @...if not that...do some crazy graphic paint scheme

 

[joezek]

Thanks for those links, nice rims too.

For a cowl induction hood I'm thinking of something like this but wider:

I'm having a hard time finding 2003 hoods. Most I find are for 97-2002.

 

[GAINMOB]

what i recommend to everyone is to pick up a TRUCKIN, Street Trucks, or some type of magezine like that...go to their websites...then search google/ebay/any other site for similar products...$5-$6 dollars plus you get to see pics and have a good of the articles

 

[walnuts4x4]

search ebay for a hood... thats where I got mine from... almost stole it at the price I paid for it plus it is steel... I would never get a fiberglass hood

 

[walnuts4x4]

 

[GAINMOB]

yeah...i found a hood on ebay for $400...its like the sonoma hood you have the link for

 

[joezek]

I'm pretty confused about which hood fits my 2003. Some ads say it fits 97-02 expedition and 97-03 F-150. Other ads for the same hood say it fits 97-03 expedition/F-150.

Is the 2003 Expedition hood not interchangeable with the 02 hood? Is the 03 F-150 hood the same as an 02, but not 03?

It's like the 2003 is the forgotten year, hard to find a lot of stuff for it. I think that's the first year of the new body style. I'm thinking that I can start searching for 2004 or 2005 hoods to widen my range of choices, those fit right?

 

[402 Motoring]

There aren't many hoods for the 03-06 models, and the Expedition hoods do not interchange with the F150's.

Cervinis has a nice design that they made for their F150 but its looks to me that it will work on an Expedition




I would have bought that one but I wanted a hood that nobody else had, so I built my own.

 

[nvycrmn]

the reason the hood for 97-02 expy will fit 97-03 f150 is cuz they didnt change the front end on the f150 until 2004.

 

[402 Motoring]

If your looking for paint ideas, here is what I did to my truck. The truck has been repainted with a Lexus pearl white and the tu-tone is done in a Lexus grey pearl. The two colors are separated with a burgundy stripe.

Hard to see in this photo though. I'm still in the build process on the truck and haven't down much to it lately. Even if it was done I wouldnt drive it during the winter anyways. After the Holidays I'll get back to the Audio system part of the build. Thinking of integrating the new I Pad into the dash to control the system. We'll see how that goes.

 

[joezek]

Ok I found the hood that fits. This one is a Reflexxion P/N 705700 which fits 04 F-150's and 03-06 Expeditions.

http://www.woodys-auto-supply.com/mobile/mobile-accessory-details.asp?prod=R11-705700

 

[GAINMOB]

If your looking for paint ideas, here is what I did to my truck. The truck has been repainted with a Lexus pearl white and the tu-tone is done in a Lexus grey pearl. The two colors are separated with a burgundy stripe.

Hard to see in this photo though. I'm still in the build process on the truck and haven't down much to it lately. Even if it was done I wouldnt drive it during the winter anyways. After the Holidays I'll get back to the Audio system part of the build. Thinking of integrating the new I Pad into the dash to control the system. We'll see how that goes.

is there a rule with the seperating stripe? i see a lot of red, gray/silver...maybe orange...how crazy would it be to 2-tone flip-flop paint...or to fade flip-flop up to kandy or down to kandy...

 

[402 Motoring]

Ok I found the hood that fits. This one is a Reflexxion P/N 705700 which fits 04 F-150's and 03-06 Expeditions.

http://www.woodys-auto-supply.com/mobile/mobile-accessory-details.asp?prod=R11-705700

That hood is not going to work since the grille is part of the front edge of that hood. If you look at the Cervini hood you will see that they made theirs without the integrated grille. That is the only style that will work on the 03-06 Expos.

 

[402 Motoring]

is there a rule with the seperating stripe? i see a lot of red, gray/silver...maybe orange...how crazy would it be to 2-tone flip-flop paint...or to fade flip-flop up to kandy or down to kandy...

There is no rule for what color to use as a stripe, its really up to you. I know your leaning to a Candy paint job but honestly I would stay away from it if I were you. Besides being crazy expensive to do properly, its not at all meant for a street driven in the sun all the time vehicle. I did a Candy blue Dodge Magnum a few years back that was meant to be a "show only" type of car, then the owner used it as daily transportation. In two years the Sun killed the paint job and it had to be completely redone. Candies are also very hard to repair since you can't blend in the repair area into the panel.

I wouldn't even paint one of my cars Candy and it doesn't cost me anything for the labor.

 

[402 Motoring]

If your really into green, consider using a 2 stage formula. Here is a Chrysler 300 we did in Dodge Viper Snakeskin & Black. The colors were separated with a silver that we did a snakeskin pattern in. The color is striking when you see it but is much easier to repair then a 3 stage Candy color.



Close up of the graphic in the silver stripe

 

[GAINMOB]

i like that!!! i think i may want a darker green...nevertheless that is a great scheme...i've been looking 4ever and have yet to come up with a different, 1-off 2-tone idea...i'm definitely staying green though...thanks for the tip on kandy...i guess a lot of clear coats

 

[402 Motoring]

Todays paints are mostly Hi Solids so you don't need alot of coats of clear to give it that look. On show cars I generally only use 3 coats of clear. I of course wet sand then polish the paint so its flat.

Be prepared to spend some serious coin even with just doing a basecoat / clearcoat repaint. High quality paint jobs aren't cheap.

 

[GAINMOB]

Todays paints are mostly Hi Solids so you don't need alot of coats of clear to give it that look. On show cars I generally only use 3 coats of clear. I of course wet sand then polish the paint so its flat.

Be prepared to spend some serious coin even with just doing a basecoat / clearcoat repaint. High quality paint jobs aren't cheap.

im guessing $7k to include painting interior pieces...is that about right?