The hood on my '03 X was steel. The '04 XT hood I installed as part of installing a turbo kit is aluminum. I'm not sure if all the hoods were changed to aluminum, or only the XT hoods? I'd think an aluminum hood or part would be more expensive than steel, meaning less profit for the factory. :wink:
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