Suicide Hood Idea

[SycloneDesired]

Has anybody been informed of doing a suicide hood? It flips towards the front of the syty instead of raising upwards towards the back? Basically like most buick le sabre's during the mid 80's-90's ?

 

[myclone]

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Considering you would have to work around the hood to do maint Id say its not the best idea on a syty. Something a little more low maint maybe but itd be reason number ten kabillion why ppl love/hate these trucks.

 

[Timbo]

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There is a tilt-front end available for S-trucks. Instead of just the hood opening forward, the hood/fenders/grille/bumper all open forward as one piece. There is a Ty that had one custom made out of the factory sheetmetal.

 

[Robert Lone]

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There is a tilt-front end available for S-trucks. Instead of just the hood opening forward, the hood/fenders/grille/bumper all open forward as one piece. There is a Ty that had one custom made out of the factory sheetmetal.

This ain't it, but same concept. I'm seriously thinking of doing the front-end of my Sy just like this...

 

[AUSyTyIN]

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Suicide hood is a bad idea. These trucks are impossible to work on as it is.

Suicide front end though...

 

[Robert Lone]

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Suicide hood is a bad idea. These trucks are impossible to work on as it is.

Suicide front end though...

I figure w/ takedown pins in the hinges and a quick-connector on the lights you could remove the entire front clip in under 1 minute. That by itself is worth the price of admission to me. :2cents:

 

[AUSyTyIN]

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That would be friggin' sweet :tup:

 

[Divergent Lightning]

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Much easier to change the spark plugs, and you could sit on the wheel while doing it!

 

[Don W.]

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Not gonna happen with me 'cuz of the $$ involved but I've seen these at shows (but not on a SyTy) and it's one heck of a sweet mod. Way better then flip up door, or whatever you call 'em. Like T-56 said, making it removable would the icing on the cake.

 

[Jersey 91/93]

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Has anybody been informed of doing a suicide hood? It flips towards the front of the syty instead of raising upwards towards the back? Basically like most buick le sabre's during the mid 80's-90's ?

Its been done a thousand times on S10's, but it seems that no one has any desire to do it to a SyTy. I know I've never wanted to try with my Ty, but I did consider it when I still had the '91 S10.

 

[Robert Lone]

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Its been done a thousand times on S10's, but it seems that no one has any desire to do it to a SyTy. I know I've never wanted to try with my Ty, but I did consider it when I still had the '91 S10.

Back on the cowl hood thread I mentioned that my Sy is rough enough that I wouldn't feel bad about doing it. Besides, it's been totaled enough times that the front clip is all Chevrolet anyways! :rotf: :rotf: :rotf:

 

[TwistedTy]

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A buddy of mine had that on a blazer a while ago, hears a pic of it not fully tilted next to my truck

 

[SycloneDesired]

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Ok I was jus curious because the sytys are pretty much from what i've learned on here 4.3 turbo powered s10s with minor changes/add ons :2cents: . I have a buddy who told me the remove-able front clip is very possible, he's even going to help me do my hybrid monster w/ a remove-able front clip & bed . Once I get time to progress on it I'll show pics if desired .... even though it's no syty???

 

[Jer]

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This ain't it, but same concept. I'm seriously thinking of doing the front-end of my Sy just like this...

That would make a LOT of things easier to do.

 

[AUSyTyIN]

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That would make a LOT of things easier to do.

Except you have two more of them to do :rotf:

 

[2kwik4u]

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Heres a pic of one of the local S-Series guys that put a set of reverse hinges on his hood. Looks pretty decent for a show, but like stated earlier I think it would make maintenance a helluva lot harder.

 

[Robert Lone]

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Is that the hoodliner hanging out like a tounge?^^^^^^

 

[AUSyTyIN]

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:rotf:

 

[2kwik4u]

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Is that the hoodliner hanging out like a tounge?^^^^^^

Yea, I think he was test fitting it in that picture, and that was handy to protect the paint. He has since replaced the liner with a new one.

 

[TheNeek]

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The biggest concern I would have with the full front clip tilting, is the cladding. I don't know if I could bring myself to cut through the cladding.