# Interested in a Plastic Hood/Rear Window/other?

**URL:** <https://forums.speedlife.net/t/interested-in-a-plastic-hood-rear-window-other/195242>\
**Category:** PittSpeed Automotive\
**Created:** [February 4, 2008, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/interested-in-a-plastic-hood-rear-window-other/195242 "2008-02-04T07:25:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![S10Blazed\_Si](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/s10blazed_si/32/5983_2.png) [@S10Blazed\_Si](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/S10Blazed_Si)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 7:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/interested-in-a-plastic-hood-rear-window-other/195242/1 "2008-02-04T07:25:58Z")

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I’m thinking first gen S-10 right now because that is what I have access to without taking parts off my ‘good’ truck or car…

I was helping a family member move over the weekend and my uncle Gary was there. I had been meaning to ask him about buying a bulk sheet of red translucent plastic to make a bed cover for my truck (he owns a large industrial plastic manufacturing company). So I got to talking and I asked how easy would it be to make a mold from a complete piece (hood) and he said that is exactly what he does. He even said he made a clear hood for a kid one time! He said that one of the local stereo shops has even contracted him out to do custom speaker boxes in clear acrylic on a few occasions. So if there is any interest in plastic hoods/rear windows/other things I will investigate into it further. I doubt it could be perfectly color matched but could be translucent colors or clear or paintable. Any other ideas?

Also, I did not ask about cost. I would do that once I was more serious about moving on with something like this.

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**Author:** ![Misfit](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/misfit/32/3358_2.png) [@Misfit](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Misfit)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 10:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/interested-in-a-plastic-hood-rear-window-other/195242/2 "2008-02-04T10:03:02Z")

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seems pretty ricey

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**Author:** ![starboy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/starboy/32/5985_2.png) [@starboy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/starboy)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 10:20am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/interested-in-a-plastic-hood-rear-window-other/195242/3 "2008-02-04T10:20:31Z")

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ask about cost I may know a couple people that do show that might be interested.

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**Author:** ![noahTHEpurdy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/87869e/32.png) [@noahTHEpurdy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/noahTHEpurdy)\
**Post date:** [February 4, 2008, 10:34am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/interested-in-a-plastic-hood-rear-window-other/195242/4 "2008-02-04T10:34:40Z")

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Roughly how heavy would a plastic hood be? Much heavier than a fiberglass one, I’m guessing.