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      11-14-2020, 09:11 AM   #45
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The OEM vent fits like a glove on my aluminum GTS hood. The hood opening came a little rough in some areas especially the corners so it’s helpful to have it sanded smooth before paint.







Your lucky! I purchased an oem vent for my aluminum hood and cant get it to fit, its about a hair away from fitting but that little bit makes all the difference
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      11-15-2020, 03:31 PM   #46
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The aluminum around the vent is paper thin. Get some sand paper, fold it a few times so you have a flat surface and sand to get the vent to fit. The easiest method to installing the vent is to align and push the part towards the front of the hood in place first. Thereafter push the whole vent towards the front of the car then downwards to clip in.
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      11-16-2020, 02:35 AM   #47
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You car looks sweet.. What color is that?
Silverstone II
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      01-30-2021, 08:48 PM   #48
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I decided to DIY install PPF on the GTS hood. Probably the most difficult DIY I’ve tackled so far. Was about to quit 1.5 hours in but kept on trucking and got it done!









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I decided to DIY install PPF on the GTS hood. Probably the most difficult DIY I’ve tackled so far. Was about to quit 1.5 hours in but kept on trucking and got it done!
Good job. Just wondering what type of ppf and how much? When i was shopping around for some xpel ultimate, it was over $300+ for 72x60" sheet.
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      01-31-2021, 08:34 AM   #50
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I purchased a piece of 72”x60” Suntek Ultra from ebay. It was barely enough. Could have used another 6”-12” wide piece to help with pulling and stretching. Materials/supplies in total was around $200. For a GTS hood I used a steamer to stretch the film from the power dome to hood vent opening. Without a steamer I don’t know how an installer would tackle this part. A challenge for me was ambient temp in my garage was maybe 50 degrees. The film was rather stiff. Would have preferred doing this in a 75 degree garage.
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Would be interesting to see someone attempt converting an existing F82 bonnet into a CS one. I know what your thinking haha
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      02-13-2021, 09:49 PM   #52
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Would be interesting to see someone attempt converting an existing F82 bonnet into a CS one. I know what your thinking haha
You do know the F80/F82/F83 all shares the same exact hood right and the GTS and CS hoods are the same? That said any replica GTS/CS hood are interchangeable on the F8x platform.
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Suvneer aluminum GTS hood. I have to make a few more adjustments to try to close up the gap maybe ~1mm more. On a white car the gap stands out more. Fitment is 8.5/10 in my opinion.
Looks good. Question: Suvneer it didn't come with vents? Why did you buy the OEM vents?
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Looks good. Question: Suvneer it didn't come with vents? Why did you buy the OEM vents?
Theirs did come with a vent but the oem vent one is much better quality and better fit. You just need to test fit the oem vent prior to painting the hood because it might require some sanding of the vent opening. The aluminum is hood in certain areas is paper thin so it’s easy to sand away any unneeded material.
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Looks good. Question: Suvneer it didn't come with vents? Why did you buy the OEM vents?
Theirs did come with a vent but the oem vent one is much better quality and better fit. You just need to test fit the oem vent prior to painting the hood because it might require some sanding of the vent opening. The aluminum is hood in certain areas is paper thin so it’s easy to sand away any unneeded material.
Gotcha. Thanks for the heads up
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Looks good. Question: Suvneer it didn't come with vents? Why did you buy the OEM vents?
The vent that 1NE provided was junk and not even close to fitting. I had such a bad experience with them I didn't even try to get another one from them and went through Suvneer instead.... but it was the same vent and also didn't fit. So then I bought the OEM GTS hood vent. Here they are lined up in a photo and you can see that the OEM (left) is obviously larger and has a different shape. It has better constructed clips and tape on the back too. It was the one that finally fit:


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I'm having a problem with the height on both sides. Above the front wheel is much higher than it should. It's like a bump. Any solutions?
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I'm having a problem with the height on both sides. Above the front wheel is much higher than it should. It's like a bump. Any solutions?
Same issue here, I tried to adjust the latch near windshield.
Could not get this gap on the sides closed, almost seems like hood's curve is bigger than fender side leaving gap in the middle.
anybody got a solution ? or I am just not doing well on adjusting lol
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Anyone have experience with the aerolux brand gts hoods, fitment? Thanks
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I am thinking about getting a GTS/CS replica hood. I prefer the aluminum replicas I have seen floating around.

Owners please chime in:
Anyone have any good experiences/recommendations?

Who did you buy from? How was the fitment?
I just did mine. Got it from Horizon Motorsport. Fitment is pretty good. Small varrying gap on driverside, but with fender adjustment, looks really good. Small overfills on vent plastic, but overall looks good. I'm happy.
I just ordered mine from Horizon. Should be in next week! Just wanted to ask how was the fitment on the vent it came with. Did you order the oem vent?
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