Pry a newbie post...ws6 hood question

[NE98LS1]

so i just got a 98 formula, and have always loved the way the ws6 hood looks, i've seen a couple sights with prcies around $850 for a painted hood...i don't care about funcionality cuz i'm going to do a K&N induction kit over the winter hopefully, i jsut want the mean look. anywhere have a good reputation for these/ is there any chance of buying them off of wrecked TAs? thanks

[FantaZGuy28]

Trans Am's are rare enough as it is. Finding a WS6 hood off a totalled bird is really hard to find. Your better off just trying to find one on ebay.

[NE98LS1]

any idea what a good price on a hood is? like i said about the best i've been able to find for a painted hood is $850.

[issues]

just get one that isnt painted and take it to a gm dealership and have it painted
that is what i did with my first ta

[transam98]

will the Trans Am hood fit on a formula? I didnt think they would.

[nhra-trans-am]

they will fit on both firebirds and trans ams. best bet would be to find one on Ebay and get it paonted

[Hotrod]

Check out www.carhoods.com

[NE98LS1]

will the Trans Am hood fit on a formula? I didnt think they would.

here is another newbie question for ya'll...if a firebird isn't a WS6, and it has the ls-1, isn't it considered a formula? it doesn't say formula anywhere on my car, but it did on the title, so that is what i assumed. (my title says trans am/formula)

[third_shift|studios]

there is a sticky for your question, but look at the fog lights.

if the fogs are in the middle, that's a trans am [not formula] or a ws.6-which we know you don't have

if the fogs are spread to the far left/right and you have the LS1-you are in a formula firebird.

also, look on the door sticker for the option code "WU6" wich means "formula"
all ws.6's are considered formulas.

[NE98LS1]

so after reading this plus the sticky this is what i get:
(sorry if i'm a little slow in getting this)

all of the following are firebirds: (for 98 and up of course)
3800 V6 is just a firebird
5.7 LS-1 is a Formula
5.7 LS-1 Plus Body Styling is a trans am
5.7 LS-1 plus ram air is a WS-6

if someone could let me know if i'm right so i don't sound like a complete and total deuche bag when i'm talking to someone about my car, i would greatly appreciate it!

[third_shift|studios]

u got it, but they are all firebirds, since 1969

[NE98LS1]

alright, i am impressed by it only taking me a couple posts to figure out what my car is! and yeah, i knew the firebird had a long history, i just put the since 1998 part cuz i was talking about the ls-1 in there, and i didn't want people saying "well if it was 1997 or before it would have an lt-1" or whatever. thanks for putting up with my ignorance, i freakin hate newbies!

[MadSeason]

I'd just like to note, the WS6 option was avaliable on formulas too from 98-2000, after that you had to get a trans am for the hood

[third_shift|studios]

oohohohohoho mad season, you sooooo smart!

[MadSeason]

just helpin the n00b out, got my wisdom from the dog of law himself

[third_shift|studios]

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