Shadow hoods the same?

[cordes]

I didn't think of it until just now, but I can take the hood off of an 89 and use it on a 91 car and vise versa right? I'm off to do a search, but I do need to know ASAP.

[Fox]

if the rad support look the same it should work, i think it was 87-90 then the latch location changed

[moparman76_69]

We took the hood off a 93 shadow and put it on an 89 sundance and the latch was in a different location and we had to remove the latch and use hood pins.

[2manyturbos]

I didn't think of it until just now, but I can take the hood off of an 89 and use it on a 91 car and vise versa right? I'm off to do a search, but I do need to know ASAP.

The latch will be in a different location. 87and 88 are the same, 89 and 90 are the same, 91 up are the same. Also fyi a 89 and 90 non power bulge hood will not clear the 87 csx rad/ic.

[cordes]

Would it be fairly simple to adapt a 91+ hood to fit an 89 or is that more work than it's worth?

[5DIGITS]

Would it be fairly simple to adapt a 91+ hood to fit an 89 or is that more work than it's worth?

The 87-90 hoods are straight forward interchangeable.
The 91-93 hoods have the latch farther forward due to the relocated core support for the 3.0L integration.

It is possible to cross the 87/90 to 91/93 and vise versa but it will required a fair amount of hood latch hole elongation to line things up.

[Shadowv4l]

Aren't the headlights in the way? The older shadow hoods have notches in the hood for the lamps, the newer shadows hood was straight across. I would think you would have to swap put the grill and headlights onto the older car to make the hood work right?

[cordes]

Thanks Ken. The hood I was looking at is so nice I wouldn't want to cut on it at all. I'll leave it be for someone with a 91+ car that's looking for a nice hood.

[5DIGITS]

Aren't the headlights in the way? The older shadow hoods have notches in the hood for the lamps, the newer shadows hood was straight across. I would think you would have to swap put the grill and headlights onto the older car to make the hood work right?

Yes - We were specifically referencing the latch locations and the respective front core support commonality.
Certainly, if an 87 hood is put on a 90 or vise versa, the appropriate headlamp/grille will be required while all of the latching mechanisms will line up.
Coincidentally, This was done to the white CSX photo/press car as it was used later for the Autoshow circuit as a 1990 prototype.

[BIGBRUDDA]

So tell me of this "too nice of a hood "Cordes. As Cathy has rammed her 94 hood up the butt of a Ford Explorer.