Hood for S-Type R hood?
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Hood for S-Type R hood?
Just wondering if anyone had a source for a discounted 2005 S-Type R replacement aluminum hood.
I've just bought an STR - unfortunately it has a fairly big dent to the hood. From what I've read, it could be fairly expensive to get this repaired - so wanted to look at the cost of a replacement hood - despite my best efforts, I can't find one online.
Can anyone help?
Thanks
Mark
I've just bought an STR - unfortunately it has a fairly big dent to the hood. From what I've read, it could be fairly expensive to get this repaired - so wanted to look at the cost of a replacement hood - despite my best efforts, I can't find one online.
Can anyone help?
Thanks
Mark
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Thanks. I researched the STR and it suggested the STR had an aluminum hood - but I may well be wrong! Just out of interest, how much did a new hood cost? - did you buy it from a dealer or another source?
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All MY 2003 and up are the same.
Only an hour looking online?......Makes me think
Try www.car-part.com
Only an hour looking online?......Makes me think
Try www.car-part.com
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The hood is aluminum and very light. I removed it when I did my hood liner and if it wasnt so big I could of lifted it by myself. They are probably just as hard to find in wreckers as a 05+ front bumper. Dont really see to many 05+ in the wrecker yards. They probably are not totalled as often as 03-04's. Who knows but you might get stuck getting new. If you search on Google there is a data base of body shops that can work with aluminum and may be able to fix your dent. Some of the higher end body shops that deal with Audis do it since the A8 is entirely aluminum and so is the XJ. I'm sure if you do some research you can find a shop that knows what they are doing.
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An 03-04 will give you 2 holes for washer nozzles so you would have to deal with those if you go with an earlier year. Here is a VIN part # breakdown from JEPC.
VIN PART#
to L52822 XR87081
to L86901 XR824838
to M45254 XR826795
to N13088 XR816825
N13089 + XR833821
It does not specify differences between the R and the regular S type. These are all leaper hoods also as European hoods dont have the hole for leaper mounting. Also not sure where 05+ picks up in the VIN list to know which numbers would apply. But hopefully this helps some.
VIN PART#
to L52822 XR87081
to L86901 XR824838
to M45254 XR826795
to N13088 XR816825
N13089 + XR833821
It does not specify differences between the R and the regular S type. These are all leaper hoods also as European hoods dont have the hole for leaper mounting. Also not sure where 05+ picks up in the VIN list to know which numbers would apply. But hopefully this helps some.
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mgthom (02-12-2012)
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All MY 2003 and up are the same.
Only an hour looking online?......Makes me think
Try www.car-part.com
Only an hour looking online?......Makes me think
Try www.car-part.com
Thanks
Mark
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An 03-04 will give you 2 holes for washer nozzles so you would have to deal with those if you go with an earlier year. Here is a VIN part # breakdown from JEPC.
VIN PART#
to L52822 XR87081
to L86901 XR824838
to M45254 XR826795
to N13088 XR816825
N13089 + XR833821
It does not specify differences between the R and the regular S type. These are all leaper hoods also as European hoods dont have the hole for leaper mounting. Also not sure where 05+ picks up in the VIN list to know which numbers would apply. But hopefully this helps some.
VIN PART#
to L52822 XR87081
to L86901 XR824838
to M45254 XR826795
to N13088 XR816825
N13089 + XR833821
It does not specify differences between the R and the regular S type. These are all leaper hoods also as European hoods dont have the hole for leaper mounting. Also not sure where 05+ picks up in the VIN list to know which numbers would apply. But hopefully this helps some.
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The hood is aluminum and very light. I removed it when I did my hood liner and if it wasnt so big I could of lifted it by myself. They are probably just as hard to find in wreckers as a 05+ front bumper. Dont really see to many 05+ in the wrecker yards. They probably are not totalled as often as 03-04's. Who knows but you might get stuck getting new. If you search on Google there is a data base of body shops that can work with aluminum and may be able to fix your dent. Some of the higher end body shops that deal with Audis do it since the A8 is entirely aluminum and so is the XJ. I'm sure if you do some research you can find a shop that knows what they are doing.
I agree with Jim - ask a salvage yard to find you a hood. They can look it up in their nationwide database. Save you a lot of time and screwing around.
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