Yes but there is no avoiding a good ultraviolet soaking every once in awhile here in Houston. Seeing that your car is an awesome astro roof car, it'd be even more a shame to have a hood that looks wrong! Maybe go with some aluminum bumper brackets. They save a lot of weight also. My car has glass bumpers but I'm never doing a hood again. https://www.flickr.com/photos/18798931@N06/8161374012/