Sorry to hear of your problem but you are certainly in the minority in that aspect..you are the only person i ever heard complain about AAR,then again the hood went from Fla. to L.A. to Australia,lots of things can happen during shipping....
I've got to admit that they usually seem to make pretty good stuff, I did a lot of research on this and other Mopar forums before buying and everyone said they were very happy with AAR. There wasn't any damage to the hood or the box it came in either, it just plain doesn't fit ANYWHERE. Not much sense in trying to send it back, it's just too big and would cost hundreds of dollars on top of what I've already burned!
