A hood assembly (100) adapted to be coupled to a vehicle having a hood (102) moveable between an open position and a closed position. The hood assembly includes a hood sub-frame (104) which includes a headlight mounting assembly (108) for permitting a left and right headlight (112 and 114) to be mounted to a left and right side of the hood sub-frame. The hood sub-frame also includes a hood mounting assembly (140 and 142) for coupling the hood sub-frame to the hood such that the hood sub-frame moves with the hood when the hood is coupled to the hood mounting assembly and moved between the open and closed positions. The hood sub-frame also has a cross brace assembly (144) passing between and coupled to the left side of the hood sub-frame and the right side of the hood sub-frame.