Hood Install Help

**99WS6MAN** · 04-07-2009, 01:55 PM

As some of you know my hood was stolen from my car, yea ... just the hood. Well I received a call from the body shop today telling me the hood came in but the brackets that connect to the gas shocks' and the back part of the hood that help it go up and down didn't come in. He said that he called GM and they don't make them anymore and referred him to some vintage place that also doesn't make them anymore. Has anyone ran into this problem before? Will the regular Trans Am hinges' work?

**99WS6MAN** · 04-08-2009, 06:32 AM

Nobody know how to get these parts?!? Come on guys I know someone here has bought and replaced a Ram Air Hood.

**PAT-LS101** · 04-08-2009, 06:45 AM

Originally Posted by 99WS6MAN

Nobody know how to get these parts?!? Come on guys I know someone here has bought and replaced a Ram Air Hood.

Thats crazy!! I just did my hood and its hard to belive that those little things they dont make anymore?! I would just make some or go on ebay?

**GULLETT17** · 04-08-2009, 07:19 AM

check gmpartsdirect.com . . . if i understand what bracket your talkin about, they list it for $7.84

and yes the brackets of a regular ta hood should work too

**99WS6MAN** · 04-08-2009, 07:25 AM

Well per the Body shop and GM here in town the actual hood hinge that is located at the edges right under the windshield is the only bracket that is different from the regular Trans Am's and is the only part that GM doesn't make anymore. Thats why I wanted to come on here and ask around, the Ram Air hood is from GM so Im not sure if any of the aftermarket hoods are the same as the regular ones'

**GULLETT17** · 04-08-2009, 07:30 AM

im confused . . . are you talkin about the hinge or the hood strut bracket?

**99WS6MAN** · 04-08-2009, 01:21 PM

The brackets that go on the hood itself. If you take the hood off there should be 4 brackets that stay on the hood, the ones toward the back, closer to the windshield, are the ones that I need.

**BADASS2000SS** · 04-09-2009, 12:15 AM

Why dont you try this guy... PartsMan57

http://www.ls1.com/forums/showthread.php?t=110865

**RyanJM** · 04-09-2009, 12:25 AM

The hood hindhes off a regular Ta, Formula, Ect..... Will work fine. I wouldn't be surprised if z28 and ss ones worked too. Jus go get some off a bird in got year range.
BTW I have a small paint and body shop so I have usually tried at least once, except for a few

**QKSLVR99** · 04-09-2009, 04:49 AM

Camaro brackets will not work ..... ran into this when i swapped hoods needed some brackets and was going to use the ones off my buddies 98 SS but no luck

try yearone also they may have something.

**99WS6MAN** · 04-09-2009, 05:23 AM

Originally Posted by QKSLVR99

Camaro brackets will not work ..... ran into this when i swapped hoods needed some brackets and was going to use the ones off my buddies 98 SS but no luck

try yearone also they may have something.

I called them a couple of days ago and they are looking into it as well .. thanks for the advise

**9T8W66** · 04-09-2009, 07:03 AM

The Hood hinges should be the same the strut brackets should be the same only the struts are different between a regular hood and the Fiberglass WS6 Hood because of the weight difference.
I have a factory WS6 hood on my NON WS6 Formula and it was a direct bolt in, I changed nothing so any LS1 year Firebird hood hinge and strut bracket will work.