Looking for new Hood

[memolopez11]

Iam in search for a brand new hood for a Gn 3 92 Toyota Camry LE V6 3.0. If anybody knows any good website let me know plaese.

Thank You.

Guillermo

[uibalnme]

try a local salvage yard. A hood will be less than $100 there. I see you're in Signal Hill, CA. There's a "Pick Your Part" salvage yard very close to you.

Here's a map from their website...
http://www.pickyourpart.com/locations/losAngeles/#hys

Some simple hand tool, and a friend to help you carry it, and you can have an OEM hood for cheap. You may even be lucky enough to find one the same color as your car.

Good Luck!

[Bankos66]

Or spend $500 and get a carbon fiber hood :p

[Rattlin_Steele]

www.car-part.com

It's a network of salvage yards around the country. You can sort its output by zipcode.

[memolopez11]

Cool. Will i be able to find a good enough hood for nice styling and fresh paint job? if not then i was thinking of just buying a new one.

Thank you.

Guillermo

[LynchburgCSI]

Originally Posted by memolopez11

Cool. Will i be able to find a good enough hood for nice styling and fresh paint job? if not then i was thinking of just buying a new one.

Thank you.

Guillermo

They are out there... you just gotta look. You could always find one thats good cosmetically and get it painted.... seeing as you'd have to get a new hood painted too.

[uibalnme]

Don't buy a new hood. A new one will run any where from $300 to $500 depending on where you buy it. At the salvage yard I mentioned any hood will be about $40 with a $3 core charge. That's about a 90% savings over a new hood. You get the $3 back when you bring them your old hood. I'd go with a Toyota made salvaged hood any day, instead of a made in China/Taiwan/who knows where hood that may not fit right. If it doesn't fit right to begin with, it's going to need extra body work, which means even more money.

Salvage yard FTW.

[LynchburgCSI]

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[memolopez11]

Thanks all. I will definitely look into the junk yards. Thank you all the for the good advice.

Guillermo

[uibalnme]

Originally Posted by memolopez11

Thanks all. I will definitely look into the junk yards. Thank you all the for the good advice.

Guillermo

Just in case you missed it the 1st time, click on this link...
http://www.pickyourpart.com/locations/losAngeles/#hys

[SoulTaker]

Originally Posted by Bankos66

Or spend $500 and get a carbon fiber hood :p

Agree.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/TOYOT...item2c543afb6b

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/92-93...item3a5993373a

With a scoop
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/VIS-I...item27b0d0460f

[Mike Gerber]

If you do decide to go with an aftermarket hood from China, these people have some great prices. Can't comment on the quality and fit, but I did get a front side light lens there for a friend's 2000 Camry, and that part fit like a glove. Maybe someone else who has used them for body parts can comment about their quality.

http://certifit.com/online_catalog.asp

Mike

[uibalnme]

Still more expensive than a salvage yard, not OEM, and need to pay for shipping.

[Bankos66]

All i know is that Carbon Fiber looks AMAZING

[uibalnme]

Yes, yes, we all agree that a CF hood looks amazing. That's been duly noted. However, as far as I can tell, the OP isn't looking to spend several hundred on a CF hood(not yet at least), when he can get an OEM hood for around $50.

The savings can be put to better use on things the car may need maintenance wise.