Welcome to the BMW M5 Hoods Center at Andy's Auto Sport!
At Andy's Auto Sport, we have a huge variety of BMW M5 hoods to ensure that you have every hood option available to you. We go out of our way to carry every major line of BMW M5 hoods, so that whether you are looking for a cowl induction BMW M5 hood or fiberglass ram air hood or anything in between, we've got it for you. Andy's Auto Sport is the ultimate shopping destination for your BMW M5 hood needs!
» CHOOSE YOUR MODEL
» DID YOU KNOW?
A lot of times we get asked if a particular M5 hood we sell (Ram Air hood or Cowl hood, for example) is a "functional hood". By functional, the customer is asking whether the hood is going to add horsepower to their vehicle by directing the incoming airflow to the vehicle's airbox.
The answer is this: Most of the vented hoods on the market are not functional. They have the scoop built into the hood, and it's normally an open scoop that indeed lets air into the engine bay, but most of these hoods do not come with the ducting that is needed to control that incoming airflow and get it to the most "functional" place to generate more horsepower. That being said, there might be a small positive effect by simply letting more cool air into the engine bay, even if it isn't directed...
There are a few companies who do in fact make functional hoods. Suncoast Creations, for example, is a company who makes functional ram air hoods that come complete with the intake ducting to integrate with the hood.
We also sometimes get asked by a customer if he or she can put on a functional ram air hood and work that in conjunction with an air intake. The answer is no, because the ducting/filter that will be integrated with the hood will be clamped directly to the location of the airbox, thereby eliminating the possibility of running another intake. Basically, the ducting and filter that integrate with the hood is an intake system itself.
One thing to be aware of as you shop for any M5 hood is that aftermarket M5 hoods are generally either sold as bolt-on hoods or pin-on hoods (aka lift-off hoods). The bolt-on M5 hoods have a skin and a skeleton (a top and a bottom), and opened and closed using the factory latch. Pin-on M5 hoods are generally only comprised of a hood skin (just the top), are held down using pins, and have to be lifted off to be opened since they don't utilitze the factory latch mechanism. The reason a person might want to buy a pin-on hood is that it is substantially lighter than a bolt-on hood.
The answer is this: Most of the vented hoods on the market are not functional. They have the scoop built into the hood, and it's normally an open scoop that indeed lets air into the engine bay, but most of these hoods do not come with the ducting that is needed to control that incoming airflow and get it to the most "functional" place to generate more horsepower. That being said, there might be a small positive effect by simply letting more cool air into the engine bay, even if it isn't directed...
There are a few companies who do in fact make functional hoods. Suncoast Creations, for example, is a company who makes functional ram air hoods that come complete with the intake ducting to integrate with the hood.
We also sometimes get asked by a customer if he or she can put on a functional ram air hood and work that in conjunction with an air intake. The answer is no, because the ducting/filter that will be integrated with the hood will be clamped directly to the location of the airbox, thereby eliminating the possibility of running another intake. Basically, the ducting and filter that integrate with the hood is an intake system itself.
One thing to be aware of as you shop for any M5 hood is that aftermarket M5 hoods are generally either sold as bolt-on hoods or pin-on hoods (aka lift-off hoods). The bolt-on M5 hoods have a skin and a skeleton (a top and a bottom), and opened and closed using the factory latch. Pin-on M5 hoods are generally only comprised of a hood skin (just the top), are held down using pins, and have to be lifted off to be opened since they don't utilitze the factory latch mechanism. The reason a person might want to buy a pin-on hood is that it is substantially lighter than a bolt-on hood.
» MODEL YEARS COVERED
1985 M5
1986 M5
1987 M5
1988 M5
1999 M5
2000 M5
2001 M5
2002 M5
2003 M5
2006 M5
2007 M5
2008 M5
2009 M5
2010 M5
2011 M5
2012 M5
» AVAILABLE BRANDS
» POPULAR STYLES
M5 Cowl Hood
M5 Carbon Fiber Hoods
M5 Sheet Metal Hoods
M5 Ram Air Hood
M5 Cobra Hood
M5 Fiberglass Hoods
M5 SS Hoods
M5 Functional Hoods
M5 Razor Hoods
M5 steel hood
M5 steel hoods
M5 cowl induction hood
M5 cowl induction performance
» SITE CENTERS
» LINKS
» POWERED BY
Customer Support
Learning Center
Checkout