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Adding my WOW! as well. Very nice work! It's a shame that you had to resort to that much work to make a hood fit. The Aftermarket industry needs to up it's game. It's not like they don't have the proper dimensions for these parts.:rolleyes:

That 3M NVH stuff is good. I used it on my hood as well. Was wondering if heating the rear hood support would have worked to tighten up that curvature. I've see where a company straightened bent wide flange beams by standing them with the arch upward and heating the flanges in a V pattern. That shrinks the metal and in the case of the beams gravity helped straighten them. The cost of the OA gas was worth salvaging the beams.