Quoting Terry Posten:
My first hood was junk. They took it back and sent me a new one. Took about 2 weeks for the first one but 2 months for the second.
The second one is too short. When lined up on the front of the car, the rear of the hood is about 1/2" too short at the fender lines at the cowl. The vents are decent but the back end was pushed down too far when glued on and forces the hood down. The weave is decent but the overall hood is not flat. In the sun or under good lighting, you can clearly see the uneven surface. The surface is smooth, just not flat. Lots of dips. The window washer spots are not cut out but you can clearly see the outline of the original holes. Great if you want to install yours but not so good if to want to keep it clean.
The hood does latch but don't even think about using this hood without hood pins. Without the pins, the hood does not sit flush across the headlight area so pins are needed to not only keep the hood from blowing up but also keep it "lined" up.
I did have to loosen up both fenders and adjust the gap along the hood seams to make it close.
The hood hinge bolt holes on both hoods are not true. The bolts do not screw straight in. Makes it very hard to get all 4 bolts in and then when you tighten up the bolts, it feels like your going to crush or rip the threads right out. Very hard to get then tight without hurting something.
In all, it is a hood that is perfect for a racer or someone that wants to be a ricer. If your plan is to paint it and have a super clean look, stay with real Mitsu parts.
Here is the part that is really hard to get past. If it was not for this, the hood would be a good option. When you look directly down on the hood at the cowl, you can see the hinges. The hood line does not line up with the fender line. Both hoods were like this so it must be a mold issue.
Does anyone know if the USDM and JDM fenders are different? That could explain why the hood doesn't line up with the USDM fenders, especially considering it appears to be off equally on both sides.