I purchased an AAD hood for a private seller and would like to know if there are any special instructions that need to be followed for paint and installation. I called the maker and got an answering machine. Maybe one of you with this hood could help me out.

Mike

 

The most important thing is that you have a body shop bake it first. This will cure the fiberglass and afterwards, the hood can be prepped and painted. It you don't bake it first, you might see imperfections pop up later as the hood cures.

Spencer

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White 2000 L
#2250
Mods:

F-1 AAD Hood
PSP filter system
Bassani cat-back exhaust
JL street chip
2001 lights and brakelight
Keyless Entry Keypad
Mpulse Lo-pro Tonneau
Chrome Motorsport SVT rims

 

If you charged that hood on a CC, you can tell them to keep it and dispute the charges with the CC. Tell them exactly what happen. You were given shotty workmanship hoods and then ontop of that you pay shipping AND a 150$ restock fee. Thats utter BS. Let the BBB know. Do they do business online also?

 

srelight
love the looks of them,and wanted one till i talk to a few body shops around here. they hated any fiberglas hoods. said they were always hard to make fit and easily damaged, so i went with the Reflexxion cobra hood instead. i do like it but truthfully love the look of the cobra hood AAD puts out, a little bit better.

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2001 F-150 4X4 Supercab
XLT 139" WB style side
5.4L V8 3.55 LIMITED SLIP AXLE
MODS:
AIRAID FIPK
SUPERCHIP(FLIP CHIP)
ROLL & LOCK TONNEAU

sitting in garage mods
GIBSON CAT BACK
GIBSON HEADER
REFLEXX COBRA HOOD
STREET SCENE GRILL
HOLLEY THUNDER SUPERCHARGE
ALL TO BE INSTALLED IN 7 DAYS

 

First I just want to say that I think the AAD hood is awesome looking and would love to have one on my truck. I also know some people on this board have their hoods and are happy with them but after trying 2 of their hoods out and being out shipping costs and "damages" I have to be wary of their over all quality. The first hood I received was both short in length and width. The length was short by 1/4" on both sides, the width was also short by 5/16" on the front of the hood and 1/4" at the cowl. The second hood I received was not straight across the front of the hood where it meets the grill and would have required fiberglass work to correct. I indicated this to AAD they said to ship it back and I would incur a restocking fee. I told them I didn't think I should have to pay for fiberglass work on a hood that I had already spent nearly $600 on (not including shipping twice). AAD said to send it back and they would look at it and go from there.
When they did get it back I was charged for damages to the hood-
there were greasy fingerprints on the hood and a corner at the back side of the hood had a nick in it. I thought $150 charge was a little excessive since they were going to have to rework the hood anyway. Sorry for the rant, just wanted to let you know my experince with them.