One the most rewarding benefits is the glare reduction from the hood.

I love my vinyl satin black wrapped hood.

 

For me, it was cosmetics/historical.

 

Cosmetic. Ordered my satin black 3M 1080 wrap off amazon for $70. Will put it on next weekend probably. Receiving my black HC challenger tomorrow or wednesday

 

The black hood does have some history as it was an option on several 1960s and 1970s Mopars....I would assume some know the history and buy for that reason...others just like how it looks..

 

because look!

 

View attachment 35932 because look!

Nice contrast between flat and gloss black.

 

The street/race scene in the sixties had hoods etc in primer. So Chrysler did the same beginning in 1969 with the 6 pack cars for street cred. Ironically today's kids do the same with their tuner cars, and my friends think they look cheesy on tuners but not on Mopars. Personally, as I've matured i prefer a solid color car with no stripes, but do understand why someone would feel otherwise.


This is why .... (not the wheelie .. the looks)

 

I read that in the 60's and 70's carburetor fires were fairly common when racing so the paint on the hood would get burnt often. Rather than repainting the hood with a multi step process they would just prime it and that's it. They also realized that the flat black paint would reduce sun glare.

 

Funny in the sense that it's easier to fix the hood than the fire...

 

History. Historically, more women will throw their panties at a car with a matte black hood. I've run exhaustive testing on my cars with standard hoods and with matte black hoods, and I have concluded that this is indeed true.

On any given day, I will only get maybe 2 or 3 pair of panties thrown at me (followed by the standard begging and promises of fulfillment) however, when I drive my Hellcat (equipped with satin black hood), I can average 6-7 pair... on a weekday. Weekends, I just get buried and have to protest loudly to get them to stop. It's honestly kind of a burden.

 

Because MOPAR

 

because it looks BADASS! oh yea, and the panties. Actually the panty thing usually happens when my wife is in the car. But it's still BADASS!

 

Haha.... Will use Panties as my standard answer now!!

Any idea on resale value??

Without getting into too many details, looks like I have a Hellcat on order with the Black satin hood AND Brass Monkey wheels.... Will post more details a later date.

 

I don't think it will add anything to the resale value. At least nothing of significance. It's not like they are a rare factory mod.

 

Def cosmetic and historical. The vintage Mopars looked awesome with them and the new ones so also. It makes the car pop

 

Yeah, I don't get why this is a $2000 option....

 

i had mine wrapped for 200$ and in my opinion it looks better than the painted option.

 

Yeah, I don't get why it costs $2000 to leave a hood in black primer but I'm from the 60s and saw many parts left in black primer. Different preferences.

 

It isn't primer. It is a specific finish color. Foreign manufacturers do it in many colors and call it "frozen", or "frost". I got mine to match my 1970 Challenger R/T.

 

Man, you're really telling your youth/age. LOL

 

This thread begs the question: Why would anyone pay $2,000 for an OEM painted hood when they could get the hood wrapped in vinyl for less than $400 (typically, between $250 and $350).

 

Easy, I got mine wrapped because I was in black hood hell for almost 90 days and got tried of waiting. I ordered the factory hood for same reason I have a blacked out hood on my 340 Duster, because mother Mopar made it that way and it's just too damn cool.

I recall the black option being more like $900 and not $2K.

 

The option price went to $1995.00 for 2016. You are correct, It was $995.00 in 2015.

 

I don't understand the extra $1k for the black hood, either.

Sorry for the earlier rant on the interior....maybe it's not such a big deal.

 

Because my M code Superbee had a Black lift off hood---so I ordered it on my Hellcat.

 

Well I'll be damned. I've had this Charger Hellcat since late in May and never even noticed the crappy interior. I'll try my best to check it out when I fire her up again... and hear her roar!!!

 

Glad you like it!!

 

I don't like the look of the black hoods or anything that obstructs the flowing lines of a well shaped auto. To me, the black hood looks like you replaced it with one from a junkyard and it's waiting for paint!
Now I know it's a look that some like, but it's not for me. If I wanted it, I'd do a wrap so I could change it later.


Robert

 

I thought about getting the satin black hood, but seems these days most of the police cars I see have a black hood on them, so it kinda took away the allure for me. I agree, it does look badass on a red car, or on purple or green.

 

Old school & still looks cool...!

 

Reduces glare.

 

I always thought the flat/matte finish was to dissipate the heat under the hood better than the gloss paints. Plus back in the old days the paint that they used on the hoods didn't hold up to the heat too well especially since they were not insulated like they are now.