Fishey

I was wondering what the hood was made out of on the 944.

I just wondering becasue in comparison to friends hood's on random car's it seems lighter.. Maybe my hood shocks are messing with my mind.

MacWolffe

yeah mine feels alot lighter than the hood of the camry. even when my hood shocks were blown (already replaced them).

Fishey

Material seems thick... (not cheap and thin) but still light? I never checked if it was magnetic. I am in ohio now so maybe can post what its made out of.

Hans

Hood = engine cover?? (the english language is confusing sometimes...)
Then steel sheet.
TakeCare

xsboost90

the 944 is made out of a thick galvanized sheet metal, from germany keep in mind. Alot of cars from america/japan etc. are made from a lighter gauge metal, believe me, ive cut into a few cars before. This may explain why 944's rarely rust out.

shortyboy

my hood is real heavy!

FSTPRSH

When my shocks were out, it took a small act of congress to work under the hood. Considering GT-Racing's CF hood (I didn't see any latch provisions, will they work?) amoung other things.

Scootin159

hmm...carbon fiber hood + hood shocks....that hood would just fly up. Better keep the latch in good shape, hehe.

FSTPRSH

I thought of that last night, I'd better get fly-weight duty shocks.

Robby

Yes, these hoods are a type of metal- I've argued w/people before whp have said that they are made of fiberglass- even some magazine articles have said it- they are NOT fiberglass- they WILL hold refrigerator magnets all day long, so are metal of some sort...

Fishey

There not Fiberglass clearly, Not aluminum if they hold a magnet.. So I guess its my head messing with me.

Russian Rocket

My hood felt pretty heavy when the shocks were shot. Definately not alluminum or some kind of lightweight alloy On the gt-racing website they have 944's hood weight at 79 pounds. Seems like a god place to save weight
Vlad.