a shop wont be able to match the color of your car 100% when you mix up paint they make it blendably close and i dont know how well you will be able to run paint in a rattle can over the hole hood because since its such a large area you will get zebra stripes, but if you do decide to repaint it

run 320 soft pad DA over the hole hood then if you have pits or chips you can fade them out or use glazing putty not body filler glazing putty sands better and it goes on smoother. then if you do have to putty then block the spots with 320 grit then soft pad 600 the hole hood then wax and grease remover then mask off areas toutch up skuffing your edges and then a coupple coats of self etch primer then just a reg primer surfacer if you need to block the primer then you use sealer then you can go with your paint

I only have the red one there because it's th ebest photoshop job. Couldn't figure out the filter thing real well so the black is kind of off.

I don't know what to do about my car anymore...

Whats the cheapest hood with scoops in it because like me every penny counts (WS6 scoop, etc.)

How about doing something cheap and custom, like heat extractors, or covering up a bad blend with stripes or decals? Your paint will be hard to match, golds and silvers (and variations like bronze) always are.

Y'know what, my birthday is in about a week... (Febuary 8th)

Maybe I can scrounge up some dough and get a hood.

I think as much as I like the WS6 hood, it will be too gaudy looking on my SE body. I think the F.1 hood is low-profile enough that it wouldn't look too bad.

Now, the one on PFYC, that's ram-air right?

Could I modify my existing airbox to use that? I mean, the SLP air box is nothing but a normal air box with a hole in the top right?

Then I could just get a drop-in style K&N filter and get rid of that gaudy HAI...

I agree the W6 hood would be a little much on an SE,and do'nt forget any hood you buy will still require painting (around $500) and unless you have experience trying to bond on hood scoops will probably not turn out good,another option is to go with the carbon fiber cowl hood from W-Body store you would'nt need to paint it ,if you do decide to work on your own hood and paint take the hood off and put it on saw horses,you can rent spray equipment and paint yourself although a hood is a difficult first project and in your case I would use a single stage paint.Chico(pops)

the big question here is are you worried about the hood being functional of just for looks?...to be honest even the functioning ram air hoods (like mine) probably dont really move much air in that direction. The outlet hole over the airbox is pretty small. I would almost venture to say you still get as much air by the headlight.
You could shop around on eBay on find yourself a bolt-on hood scoop (there are few styles out there)
Getting a WS6 hood right now might be a tough call since the last time I checked ASCD's website they had posted a panel that the owner Rex Orr had passed away and operations were in limbo.
Dont get me wrong, I do like the look of my hood, but if I had it to do all over again I would take a different route. It was expensive and I'm still not entirely pleased with the fit and the underhood clearance from the scoop tunnel is a problem I'm not happy about.
Plus if $2k is all you got to your name I wouldnt tap myself out on a hood.

If you do decide to replace the hood, Ed Morad still has the Special Edition one for sale; just another option to consider...

As tapped for cash as you are any temp fix is better then it is now. Rattle can will do. You can always do some kind of design stripe or what ever if your not happy with the color.

If you dont have the $$$ dont buy the hood....I have 2 stock hoods, black in great shape...you could have either one...thing is the distance. My brother in law is a long distance trucker...Im not sure where you are...but it might be possible....

http://www.grandprixforums.net/f11/hoods-683.html

This link is about a guy that is going to start building hoods, he's doing it for about 200 to 250 a hood, no taxes and that's before shipping... he sounds like he'd be a guy to look into, he's doing F1, ASCD, and WS6

i dont know if u can get on this site... but join it it's a good one too, just not as good this one

None of the "ram-air" hoods are going to get you any performance gain. They dont do much of anything, pretty much a looks thing

anyone have links to get scoops maybe i will add some to my hood ... i dont want stick on scoops i want actual scoops like the ram air or the F1 style i should be able to make it work if anyone has some links

im pretty sure that ebay has a lot of them

i didnt find anything i like on ebay ... i should try to find a hood and mold a old school scoop into it such as this

http://www.jcwhitney.com/autoparts/Product/tf-Browse/s-10101/Pr-p_Product.CATENTRY_ID:2010323/p-2010323/N-111+10201+600002538/c-10101

i should be on the lookout for a hood now