Hey all,, ive been shopping or a single gauge hood for awhile, I found one for 75 bucks, but its the teal SPX one and then I found a purple SPI. I know they aren't the 95 xp800 hoods, so my questions is though are they worth getting and painting? and is 75 bucks too much?
I just picked up one for 65 bucks shipped. has all the parts with it and gaskets are good, I have two 96 hoods that I can take the gauges out of so I wasn't worried about that part. so I guess we will see how it goes. I am parting out a 96 if anyone needs some stuff.. have another post in the for sale section. Oh yea,, I found two other hoods on ebay.. search for seadoo hoods.
I had real good luck using Krylon Fusion paint, the yellow is a good match, I've never painted a complete hood but I have painted the gauge cover and the handlebar cover on my 96GSX.
That dude on Ebay trying to fetch $150 and $200 for a non-yellow single gauge hood has some good chit in his pipe. I paid like $50 for a teal one shipped. I think his shipping cost was $18 IIRC. Any who......skip the paint and go right for the hydrodip. Just Google for a place near you that does it. [MENTION=43106]CReynoldsMIZ[/MENTION] did it on his 96 and it looked fan-friggin-tastic.
Less is more, all I need is 1 multi-function gauge. No VTS gauge, No Speedo. It's not about the weight savings for most guys, it's about losing those two big elephant ears hanging off the side of the hood that they put mirrors on. Mirrors look lame plain and simple.
That hood is awesome ! I'm on the same page with the mirrors,I don't like them, but I do like Big Macs : :thumbsup: Has anyone ever tried to cut off the mirrors and fiberglass a custom hood?
Lou,, that yellow looks great!
I was thinking of putting the other gauges under the bars area.
I agree that the mirrors are useless and the single gauge looks better. In SC you can pull a tube or skier on a 2 UP as long as you have mirrors. Not that I would recommend that