Originally Posted by BoilerUpXFire
Karl,
I have always though those looked great on your car, but I was under the impression you had your OEM surrounds coated. I know it is a much more involved process, but in essence, you were adding to the OEM, not creating something new, correct??
In essence, yes.
It's a process called hydrographics...
The only thing it "adds" is visual character... no weight addition worth mentioning. To wit, carrying around a textbook in your seat would have more of a weight detriment than ten of these surrounds.
OEM isn't necessarily a bad thing... guaranteed fit and finish.
The only thing that ever gives me the creeps about custom parts (in general) is the lack of scrutinized production QA.
My job requires me to reject hundreds of thousands of dollars in parts every month... rejections can be over the slightest wiggle in body line.
Not at all suggesting that these hoods would be anything less than stellar...