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Old 07-21-2021, 05:07 PM
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Originally Posted by L16pilot View Post
I had always heard that both the AAR and T/A hoods would distort like that over time due to the hood spring pressure. Not sure if there's a process to fix that, but it's certainly one of the worst I've seen.
Here is how one body shop fixed the problem. And yes, it's not only the springs but how people lift their hood. Lift it like a normal hood worsens the problem. You are supposed to put your arm inside the scoop and lift from there. This of course wasn't discovered until years later.

https://forum.e-bodies.org/body-shop...aar-hood/4831/
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