Hood Quality

Suncoast Automotive Performance provides the highest quality hoods available today.

Not all hoods are created equal!

Suncoast Automotive Performance provides the highest quality hoods available today.

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Suncoast Automotive Performance Challenges the competition in a Hood Quality Comparison.

Many companies claim to provide a high quality product but Suncoast wants to prove it.

We measured wall thickness variation along a SUNCOAST Automotive Performance Hand Lay-up part, a SUNCOAST Resin Transfer Molded (RTM) part, and one of our leading competitors fiberglass hoods. Even though our competitor sold their product as a good hood and claims to provide a high quality product, the results will astound you.

The SUNCOAST parts showed great uniformity while the competitor's hood was thinner and very uneven.

(For the statistically inclined -
standard deviations of
0.0168" for the competitor vs.
0.0014" for Suncoast Hand Lay-up and
0.0019" for the Suncoast RTM)

Why is this important?

Thickness equals strength.

The thicker the walls of your hood, the stronger and stiffer it is.

Uniformity equals stability.

As your hood heats and cools everyday, it expands and contracts. Non-uniform thickness will cause ripples to appear in the hot sun. Over time it can crack your paint and fatigue the underlying material reducing the look you've worked so hard to achieve and, ultimately, the life of your hood.

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We get emails almost daily from consumers telling us about companies that sold them an inferior product. The forums are full of sob stories, and while Suncoast's history is not completely free of problems, we strive to make each product the highest quality available and at a price that is still palatable to those who understand that quite often you really do get what you paid for.

Suncoast Automotive Performance, Inc. offers a 3 year warranty on all our hoods. Suncoast Creations, Suncoast Automotive Performance's predecessor, worked to provide high quality and was quite successful but it appears they went through some times of inconsistent output. Those days are gone along with Suncoast Creations. Suncoast Automotive Performance will still honor a 3 year warranty on any Suncoast Creations Hood. We also offer our fit guarantee. If your hood cannot be made to fit without an unreasonable amount of effort, we'll ship you another one.

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"The new hood has gotten a lot of attention so far and looks great! While driving home after the install, I got a check engine light, went to the mechanic the next day - turned out to be the O2 sensors weren't used to the extra air and the ECU had to adjust. Cleared the code and its been perfect since (proves the hood works!)"
Michael O.

"Just so ya'll now, my hood arrived today! It looks Mah-vu-las darlings...Body shop owner says it's one of the best after-market hoods he's ever seen..."
John B.